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Decided to go ahead and fit the Cadillac hubcaps to the Packard wheels. They are a bit bigger than the Packard hubs but it is too late to backpedal now.

Started playing with colors. These may go some way to replicating the gray car. However, they are flat. Still wet in the photo. Is it possible to clearcoat flat to make it glossy?

Going back to Eric's suggestions in post #26, the double spare idea is definitely tempting. As for the roadster conversion, it would definitely require some work. Maybe cutting down the doors to the top of the belt molding and filling in the top depression behind the seat. I do need to make a new windshield frame anyway, as the original is broken. I'm open to ideas here. Don't be shy.

One of KJ's detachable gooseneck lowboys.

Thought I'd try my hand at piping.

Not sure how this happened, sorry.

After putty & sanding, ready for priming. Wet primer, dipped in chocklit...

No.I'm pretty sure it was clear coat only. I'll check tomorrow.

I did one. I think it was OK.

Now Eric, you are increasing my workload....

Started sanding on the body and fenders. opened up the locating holes for the various parts. Made an executive decision. I will blank off the fender wells and mount the spare on the rear of the body.

In an out of the way back road, a 1941-42 Packard Clipper.

Yesterday, actually. A '41 Chevy, some paint, some chain, some blades, a pin vise and a handcrafted Kenworth Logo from my grandson.

Thank you Chuck.

Not really. They'll just have to wait their turn, that's all.

Nice.

I recently got a pile of old engines and parts. Started looking for a suitable intake manifold. Nothing I have would work so I tried shaping one out of plastruct. I'm trying another approach. I reduced the picture to scale and will cut the shape out of sheet styrene then add & remove to hopefully obtain a shape.

Made a front plate with sheet styrene and "heads" with rectangular strip. The closest thing I have to those valve covers are from a 409. Otherwise, they'd have to be scratchbuilt. The drawing shows a ridge (bolt boss) at each bore. So I marked up the bore centers and added the bosses using half-rounds strips.

I wasn't going to post this but why not. If you guys are bored by it, please let me know. A while back, I had inquired about the availability of the GMC B-7000. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=96151&hl= Turns out it looks like only this one was ever made. So I decided to do one using a '64/65 pickup cab and the hood of a Ford N600 as a starting point. But that is still in the future. Meanwhile, I am playing at restoring a 31 Cadillac. As I was taking it apart I noticed that the V16 crankcase could make a decent base for the 702 that will be required in the B-7000, which looks like this: Although I doubt it was ever this nice in a truck. I had gathered quite a bit of info on the 702 and used this photo of the V6 (Same block end profile) to make a pattern. I reduced it to scale and put the V16 crankcase against it. A bit narrower, almost exactly the correct length and lower decks. So I widened it, added height to the decks, used a channel with one flange removed as filler and it fits that pattern almost exactly.

Thank you Billy. I may take you up on your offer. That background dio has its own thread and is constantly evolving.

Ready for the stripper's.

I have four, all old builds. the '31 is being rebuilt now.

Added the crankshaft, camshaft & block to the display. I see I missed some spots with the paint.

Turns out there are a lot more broken spokes than I thought. I have the remnants of a MetalMaster Packard. I will use those wheels. They fit the Cadillac's hubs and I think I can adapt the Cadillac's hubcap to them.

Perhaps this will help. http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/car_modeller/cm04_nov_1990_cate .r/cm_1990_11_nov_03.html . It was an article like this that I used to do my 3208. Written by Ken Smith.