Yesssssssssssss! The cat is out of the bag! I can't wait to see what this uninhibited and borderline childish build looks like! An 871 I think is on every hot rodders dream list, this is going to be super awesome to see.
I was confused for a moment, thinking leaf springs go in the rear and wondering why you wanted it to sit so low in the front. Now I get it It's definitely a Monday.
Yes, I've seen that one before, he was a brave man to take one of those 'bathtub' Packards and make a race car out of it. I do like to blaze my own trail and work on the unusual or less common cars, much like you do.The only Packard Gasser I ever saw was Dave Koeffel's later model E/G car. I believe it won the Nationals at Indy more that once. zz, you will have a one of a kind.
Please don't make it one of those freaks with the front way higher than the back! I like the level look like the Stone, Woods, and Cook Willys and Ohio George's 34 Willys. Higher, but level.
I see it bright blue, just like SWC....[ddd[ddd[ddd
Yeah, I was going to wait 'till spring to reveal this one, but with the parts piling up and the other one pretty much done, I just got too twitchy and couldn't help myself
I wouldn't normally splurge on such a bunch of expensive parts but I sold my Motorhome that had never left the yard, an unfulfilled dream of sorts... I call this 'redirecting my investment strategies'
Gassers and 60's show rods were the type of models I built as a kid and the local street heros drove 60's to early 70's drag influenced cars, so the style is permanently burned into my brain. So now I'm giving in to the voices in my head and doing what they tell me [ddd[ddd
Ha, if my workshop is my man cave, are the soapstone drawings cave paintings? I always start this way, a full scale drawing on the floor, easy to figure out where things go and how it will look and make changes before ever cutting any metal.
I guess it depends on which version of the SWC car(s) you prefer, many had the nose up stance. This 'aint a Willys, but I want it to fall somewhere in between, I don't want a step ladder to get in it
That last blue one is purt near perfect. A little nose up is ok, but a lot of guys go extreme and are looking up in the trees all the time, lol!
However you decide, I’m sure it will turn out great.
Another puzzle piece came today, Gear Vendors Overdrive unit to add onto the Turbo 400 to make it more livable on the road with the 4.88 rear gear.
A true gasser, by the rules, must have a level rocker panel. Anything else is an altered class car.
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Well, 90% of the cars that are called Gassers these days are street freaks anyways
A true gasser, by the rules, must have a level rocker panel. Anything else is an altered class car.
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