I used a brush. But I made sure to clean the brush with thinner as I went along. I also let it cure for 7 days between main coat and touchup coat. You can't see any brush marks, but surface on the head and the block is not that smooth except for the machined areas, so it hides the inperfections that a completely smooth surface would not.

The cast took the paint very well. But I had to make touchup on the primered steel surfaces, as you could see the brush marks. But after the second touch-up coat, they have leveled and disappeared.

The accessories were painted with rattle-can high temp gloss black. The vacuum advance was painted with Eastwood Cadium spray paint.

I had also bought a set of reusable silicon caps/plugs from Eastwood that I used to keep paint out of the bolt holes and off of any exposed threads.

A Packard toilet seat on eBay????? I gotta better idea than that. Just prop up a factory Packard V8 oil pump OR a copy of the 1965 Packard V12 article in the bathroom near the throne. If either one of those don't make u wanna shiit over the moon then no amount of laxitives will.

BigKevin: I will be bringing my camera along also. I will be having two sets of fully charged batteries, two compact flash cards 64mb and 128mb. With this combination for me that should be good for about 400 pictues. Since I like to take alot photos, which BH can vouch for, maybe we can around together and take our photos, and help each other in identifing all the Packard there.

To both BH and BIgKevin: I hope to be on he field by 10:30
AM.

Brian: Is there any truth to rumor going around that Peter Hartmann's side kick Two Ton will be there.

John F. Shireman

Looking good Kev. Did you spray or brush on the engine paint?

Well getting a little closer on getting the engine and the accessories painted. I like that the engine no longer looks like something that was recovered from the Titanic.

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For that Packard guy who has everything.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/PACKARD-TOILET-SEAT_W0QQitemZ260140477809QQihZ016QQcategoryZ3874QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Sorry John. I wonder who's gonna buy it and what are they going to do with it? If I could win the lottery, it'd make a nice museum. I wish someone would do something with it, before I drive up there and dig that nice big carved "P A C K A R D" stone out of the top of the main entrance for installation in the garage I eventually end up with.

JoeH, you can park next to me if you want. I enjoy talking to people who actually know about their cars and get dirty proving it. We will need to get someone to take a group picture of all the forum participants so Kev can post it here.
Looking forward to a good turnout, not like the rainout we had last year. And thanks Kev for the camera battery heads-up. I'll charge mine tonight.
Mr PB come over and give me a poke in the ribs. I'm sure we have talked before, perhaps at Perrysburg.

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HotRod,
I used an OEM, single sheave pulley and mount flange from an early style SBC water pump. I think the change in water pumps was in late 1960s or early 70s, and it definitely requires the early style.

Basically, press the Packard flange off the water pump shaft and then press the GM one on. Because the GM pulley is shallower, the flange must be seated further down onto the WP shaft in order for the pulley to line up with the crank and generator pulleys. When aligned, there is less than .050" clearance between the WP mount bolts and the backside of the pulley.

The 21.5" fan came off a late 60s to early 70s BBC, fit the clutch perfectly, and has clearance room in the 1956GH. Generally, the engine compartment is much more crowded in a GH, so I am thinking this mod would be even easier in a Packard.

The fan is smoother, quieter, and thanks to the modern temp sensor on the face of the clutch, the clutch friction adjusts according to air temp coming thru the radiator. With the smaller diameter pulley, the water pump is sped up, and circulate the water faster, which is helpful at low RPMS.

I love the setup, just need time to convert the other one someday.

Joe H