It was a long day with only 2 short pizza breaks. What a great weekend.

The saga continues.

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AS THE WHEEL TURNS

Progress being made by Nelson and Vaughn

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I was getting ready for bed, but my buddy Vaughn called, said the night was young, and accomplished more than a month of Sundays. So the weekend is well under way. My quasi adopted son from India, Nelson, said he'll be here at 9 am, so more progress tomorrow for sure.

I know, it looks like 3 different colors.

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A marathon with the Duchess who will be home for the weekend (towed home today) with help from my buddy Vaughn for as many hours as his wife will allow. (Gee he might be there the whole weekend come to think of it.) Back to the shop next week for her top.

Major basic assembly of all the parts in the dining room, guest room, hall way, etc

Gee, John, I thought I'd only have to worry about people with belt buckles.

Glad you like the combination. Near as I can tell it is unique but kosher.

Blackhawk Gray must have ended up on a lot of business coupes, but not many convertibles. Red leather was an option for any color, of course. I really like how the little spots of red on the caps, medallions, tail lights, 3 pinstripes around the hubs and (even tho Jim Hollingsworth cringes at the thought of pinstripe on a 1940 and contemplates surrounding Oregon with barbed wire every time I mention it) the single red pinstripe from the trunk to the dip at the tip of the hood. Then you open a door, and wow. I guess I like it, huh?
Joe

WOODGRAINING

Evan, I can admit now that I read the written instructions but hadn't watch the video for a long, long time, until I did this last group of parts. This explains why I thought woodgraining was a wet and messy process.

The written instructions said to wash the roller to remove manufacturing powder and to clean the roller and to have a lint free towel to wipe it off after every application. Therefore, I thought the roller had to be washed off with water (the reason I set up in the laundry room) and dried with a lint free towel every time I applied the wood grain. After I watched the latest video doing that flat 30s dashboard, I realized that cleaning the roller means rolling it on something clean, like heavy paper.

The 320 sand paper/blending paper works, but it would be help to know what it accomplishes and why. Why not just paper? Why not 100 grit sandpaper?

Also a few tricks when you have to use a small roller like the one in my kit. Maybe you need an even smaller roller like 1/4" wide for getting into corners with out messing up the grain from a big roller?

And actually seeing someone shoot urethane and wet sand (how much), and polish. What level of rubbing compound or plastic polish to use? The paint store told me to use Meguiar's clean and polish on clear urethane after wet sanding, but I really needed Novus scratch remover. Plastic Clean/Polish didn't cut it.

As mentioned before. I'm very happy. I didn't wreck anything. (I was worried the urethane might get under the masking tape and melt the dash plastic. That didn't happen.

WINDSHIELD It's in.

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Thanks, Howard, It's not perfect, but I think the paint shop can help me correct it. I'm afraid to buff it because I could lose the woodgrain. I don't want to put more urethane on it either. But 90% of it does look great to me and close up it really looks like wood.

Vaughn, I will call you when I get to the office. Running behind plus only 7:30 am now. I could use your help for sure. I haven't heard from John at all. I'll call him again. I plan to hide all weekend and push this through as far as I can before the car goes back.But any help would be appreciated.

I went to check the recs on tires since I decided to replace mine. But the thread is locked. I'd sure like to hear what Coker says about radials since, when you use their search for my car for instance, they offer radials. Too bad only a 3.5" white wall. I'll get the Firestones with a 4" white wall. My choice has nothing to do with safety, but I am surprised that Coker would assume such liability. Don't they read industry reports? Maybe 50-era Chevy drivers careen around more than old Packard guys. This is an important issue and it would be good to put our heads together and get the best information, esp from sources like tire distributors and manufacturers. Cutting off discussion doesn't seem like the best way to deal with someone like me who is stubborn or grumpy.

Something to sleep on.

WOODGRAIN After putting on a clear coat this morning, wet sanded with 2000 and polished with scratch remover and plastic cleaner/polish.

CONVERTIBLE TOP: The new top will arrive next week, so the Duchess is coming home for the long weekend and I hope to accomplish much.
1. Install Quiet Ride sound and heat barrier and carpet from SMS Fabrics. Arrived this morning. Beautiful, plush Wilton wool in dark taupe.

2. Woodgrain the dash and redo the windshield moulding.

3. Assemble dash.

4. Bolt on fenders.

5. Assemble and hang doors and trunk lid.

6. Mount bumpers

Hey, I have a trip permit. May have to go with one old running board.

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Thanks, Stephen, I thought that, too. We're leaving the box exposed inside the trunk. It has spar var on it.