1937 Packard 115 coupe

[Old Iron]

Good grief man, you must work from daylight till dark

 

[dutch]

your warehouse starts to look really great!!

 

[zzrodder]

Got the garage all spruced up and painted, you'd almost never know it had been my workshop for 20+ years. Having the Hennway in there now keeps the former man cave from turning into a total she-shed
Time to get the new shop sorted and get to work [

 

[earthman]

You produced some amazing work in that little garage in those 20 years. We are all looking forward to what comes out of the new shop. [

 

[forbigpicture]

^^^^^X2....boy you've been busy ZZ... ok I give up,
is that a chair hanging on the wall or what...[S just curious

 

[zzrodder]

^^^^^X2....boy you've been busy ZZ... ok I give up,
is that a chair hanging on the wall or what...[S just curious

Yeah, weird huh? Extra piece of patio furniture - seemed like a good spot to get it out of the way.....

 

[zzrodder]

Finally achieved some semblance of order in the new shop - all this stuff was crammed in my house garage before, now I have a little more room to work....

These smoothie wheels for the car are actually stock Packard 16" wheels widened by Stockton Wheel to 16x6" for the front and 16x7" for the rear, going with 215 and 225 wide whites

 

[Torchie]

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Torchie

 

[lowbudget50]

Very cool and exciting! Must be nice to have your own place to work. I'm hoping to get started on my home away from home by the end of the summer. Can't wait to see what you can do in that space

 

[smallfoot]

A craftsman like you can build nice stuff anywhere, but it sure makes it nice when you have more room...[cl

 

[forbigpicture]

Place looks good ZZ...lot's of good lighting[cl[cl can't get enough
light for these old eye's ....do you already have the go power for the
coupe don't remember if you said..

[P[P

 

[Old Iron]

ZZ, to keep the bow out of the rails when you build your 4-2 frame, do you weld the length of one side before turning it over to weld the length of the other side or weld a foot or so then turn it over and weld a foot or so on the other side.

 

[zzrodder]

Place looks good ZZ...lot's of good lighting[cl[cl can't get enough
light for these old eye's ....do you already have the go power for the
coupe don't remember if you said..

[P[P

Going with a Ford 302/AOD, with the front distributor on the Ford, it can snug up to the firewall with less interference. It will get a Tripower carb setup for the old timey look. Not sure if the BBK headers are going to work yet, may be some steering shaft interference [S

ZZ, to keep the bow out of the rails when you build your 4-2 frame, do you weld the length of one side before turning it over to weld the length of the other side or weld a foot or so then turn it over and weld a foot or so on the other side.

I welded it in 1" spots, switching from one rail to the other, then flipping them over to do the other sides - slow going, but no warpage.

Got the tires mounted up today, leaving the blue goo on for awhile to save the whitewalls

 

[Tripper]

Finally achieved some semblance of order in the new shop - all this stuff was crammed in my house garage before, now I have a little more room to work....

My shop was that clean once... ummm... before I moved in! [ddd

I'm always ready to get back on a project after a break... it's all new again!

BoB

 

[zzrodder]

Cleared all the parts out of the body, got it off the dolly and getting ready to set it on the frame for the first time. Hoping it sits on it OK - I built it last year going on measurements from a stock one 200 miles away..

 

[soltz]

With your track record, I'd bet three cookies it will. [

 

[kenny c]

What kind of cookies?

 

[zzrodder]

Body and frame finally meet for the first time! A little trim needed to the topside of the rails at the peak of the rear kickup so the rear of the body will sit down right, otherwise fitting as expected .

 

[kenny c]

Looks great. Are you trimming the frame or are you going to put pockets in the trunk?

 

[soltz]

What kind of cookies?

Peant butter with MM's

Nice fit[