Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan
Posted by Joe Santana On 2015/12/23 10:26:17
West,
I'm still considering whether to add my trunk rack to the car or not.
The issues I have:
1. Have to sacrifice the shield emblem I really like. One of the classiest items on the car.
2. I would sacrifice the Packard "engraved" bumper, that answers everyone's question just as it comes out of their mouths, for a plain bumper with extra holes.
3. Alternatively I could keep my bumper and remove the bumper guards completely since they get in the way when the rack is down. I'm not sure I like moving them them to a rounded corner.
4. I suppose the bumper could be drilled to move the bumper guard between the bumper bracket bolts, but I know they are made of tough steel.
5. There's also some issue about the word Packard on the license light I'd have to add to the trunk lid above the rack. IMHO if it doesn't say Packard on the bumper, it ought to say it someplace, but I've heard it's wrong for a 1940.
6. And I'd have to find a plain trunk handle instead of the lighted one whose design seems more in keeping with the other handles on the car.
7. I don't have a trunk.
The last time I entered my car to be judged was at the Cottage Grove car show the Sunday the astronauts walked on the moon in 1969. I'd spent the morning polishing everything I could only to overhear one of those tail-pipe peeping judges say, "Well, Charlie, it's restorable." It's a good thing I'd already had a couple of G&Ts. What I'm saying is I'm sensitive to vehicular correctness. But I wonder also, on a 1940 built in the summer of 1939, if all the 1940 differences were implemented.
We know that a couple months into 1940 changes were implemented. Hubcaps. Addition of the 3 moulding strips on the wheel well covers. Wood grain pattern. Interior door upholstery pattern. Possibly some other things. So maybe, and here you can see I'm building some kind of rationale for doing what I want, they used up some 1939 parts, like the license light glass. The trunk rack bumpers I've seen don't look like 1940 bumpers. They're not pointed on the ends and their surface is rounded. I wonder if a 1940 front bumper could be modified to satisfy judges who think Packard script on the bumper with a rack is wrong.
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I'm still considering whether to add my trunk rack to the car or not.
The issues I have:
1. Have to sacrifice the shield emblem I really like. One of the classiest items on the car.
2. I would sacrifice the Packard "engraved" bumper, that answers everyone's question just as it comes out of their mouths, for a plain bumper with extra holes.
3. Alternatively I could keep my bumper and remove the bumper guards completely since they get in the way when the rack is down. I'm not sure I like moving them them to a rounded corner.
4. I suppose the bumper could be drilled to move the bumper guard between the bumper bracket bolts, but I know they are made of tough steel.
5. There's also some issue about the word Packard on the license light I'd have to add to the trunk lid above the rack. IMHO if it doesn't say Packard on the bumper, it ought to say it someplace, but I've heard it's wrong for a 1940.
6. And I'd have to find a plain trunk handle instead of the lighted one whose design seems more in keeping with the other handles on the car.
7. I don't have a trunk.
The last time I entered my car to be judged was at the Cottage Grove car show the Sunday the astronauts walked on the moon in 1969. I'd spent the morning polishing everything I could only to overhear one of those tail-pipe peeping judges say, "Well, Charlie, it's restorable." It's a good thing I'd already had a couple of G&Ts. What I'm saying is I'm sensitive to vehicular correctness. But I wonder also, on a 1940 built in the summer of 1939, if all the 1940 differences were implemented.
We know that a couple months into 1940 changes were implemented. Hubcaps. Addition of the 3 moulding strips on the wheel well covers. Wood grain pattern. Interior door upholstery pattern. Possibly some other things. So maybe, and here you can see I'm building some kind of rationale for doing what I want, they used up some 1939 parts, like the license light glass. The trunk rack bumpers I've seen don't look like 1940 bumpers. They're not pointed on the ends and their surface is rounded. I wonder if a 1940 front bumper could be modified to satisfy judges who think Packard script on the bumper with a rack is wrong.
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