Eric Macleod

Looks great. Ready for the local Concours d'Elegance!

This is very nice all around. It really looks realistic. Now...three builds in one month????? That's more than I have managed in the past two years! Very impressive, particularly for such high quality work. You are an inspiration!

This has always been my all time favorite streetrod. You have done a very fine job, particularly considering how difficult this one is to assemble. Very nice.

I agree with the others. You have really captured how these cars are supposed to look when they are built the right way. Your color choices are very era appropriate. Nice model all around.

Ooo La La, that's my kind of moddl. It looks like a nicely done model in very nice colors. I love the blackwall tires.

Or I could sent you one without holes. PM me your mailing address and I am happy to send you a new one.

I would strongly agree with you on the black louvers. It adds a bit more visual depth to the front of the car.

Normally I am a guy who prefers either no whitewalls or minimal whitewalls. This car, however, is absolutely screaming for the widest of wide whitewalls you can get inside the wheelwells. Great project you have going here. I am most impressed with the work so far.

I think it looks great. I've been meaning to ask you, what did you use to glue the wire for the window molding in place?

Perhaps they were returning home after OCF?

I'm impressed that you bought something last weekend and immediately moved it to the front of the line. This will be fun to watch.

My first car (1:1) was a 1947 Nash 600. My heart swelled when I saw these. I would love for a model of my car and your beautifully rendered models make me think I should make this desire a reality. Very nicely done. I would like to talk to you about the steps you took to get the raw kit together.

Agreed. This is going to be a stunner.

I don't think these sort of cars get enough attention. Yours is absolutely beautiful.

I like the foil mold idea. Neat trick. The car is coming along nicely.

My favorite series of movies. All Star Wars is good Star Wars. Dann's workmanship? Better than good! Much better.

I agree. Great, and enviable collection there Pat. I remember the restoration thread on the Chevy you posted on the AACA Forum and your work was impressive indeed. I agree both ways whitewall or blackwall are historically correct. I find myself very much of a stickler, only when information presented as evidence is blatantly wrong or is misleading. I reiterate, the decision here lies only with the builder. For the record, my own 1930 Cord L-29 WIP will have whitewall tires as nearly all period photos of those cars were shod with whitewalls, often double whites at that. Please keep us posted regarding your progress on this excellent Packard.

Um...no. If you read to the bottom you will see this ad is from Good Housekeeping 1930, not 1932. If you look at period advertising you will see many examples of very high end cars, i.e. Model J Duesenberg, Packard Twelve, and Model 452 Cadillacs shod with blackwall tires. Ultimately though, this is Pat's model to do with as he sees fit.and he is doing a fine job with this very interesting model.

Absolutely fabulous!

Progress with this continues albeit slowly. Here I am closing gaps in the body.

And it is there where our paths diverge!

At my current rate of building, under one model per year, how bad could it be?

So this person can make any US made car as a 3d printing? The possibilities are amazing to consider.

I think John is trying to explain the differences in Model Year vs. running changes. Ford did not actually include a spare tire on there cars as standard equipment until the Model A was introduced in 1928. If you carefully study factory photos of cars in the 1917-27 era you can see either no tire on a spare rim or no spare at all.This is even true of the closed cars. Thus the fourth "dummy door" on the driver side on US made Fords was a result of the placement of the brake lever which led to difficult entry and egress, and had nothing to do with spare rim/tire placement. Market pressure brought the return of the driver's side on the open cars when the Improved Fords introduced as a 1926 car. As an example specific to model year vs. manufacturing date, my very early 1926 Touring, one of thr first Improved Fords, was actually manufactured on October 15, 1925. Probably much more than any of you wanted to know.

Perhaps this is a better topic for either the AACA or MTFCA forum but I can guarantee the problem with that starter was either cables or a faulty ground...or both!