Eric Boyle	Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project	#191
Home away from home Joined: 2006/5/29 21:02 Last Login : 2010/11/22 4:07 From Kansas Group: Registered Users Posts: 3393	Compare this to the way it used to be: Attach file:   (107.95 KB) Posted on: 2009/5/26 11:10

Eric Boyle	Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project	#192
Home away from home Joined: 2006/5/29 21:02 Last Login : 2010/11/22 4:07 From Kansas Group: Registered Users Posts: 3393	With the cowl now lower, I decided to do some mockup of the rear end, and used the Maxwell cowl and a piece of the old fuel line to get a rough idea of what the tail will look like: Attach file:   (99.66 KB)   (103.57 KB)   (102.67 KB)   (113.41 KB)   (97.49 KB)   (104.31 KB)   (102.88 KB)   (100.44 KB)   (102.18 KB) Posted on: 2009/5/26 11:15

Eric Boyle	Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project	#193
Home away from home Joined: 2006/5/29 21:02 Last Login : 2010/11/22 4:07 From Kansas Group: Registered Users Posts: 3393	I also added a "tire" to one of the sidemounts to check clearance: Attach file:   (130.43 KB)   (88.08 KB)   (116.60 KB)   (121.37 KB)   (115.33 KB) Posted on: 2009/5/26 11:18

Eric Boyle	Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project	#194
Home away from home Joined: 2006/5/29 21:02 Last Login : 2010/11/22 4:07 From Kansas Group: Registered Users Posts: 3393	Then I noticed that the pedal room inside the cabin is a lot better than it used to be: Attach file:   (150.81 KB) Posted on: 2009/5/26 11:19

Eric Boyle	Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project	#195
Home away from home Joined: 2006/5/29 21:02 Last Login : 2010/11/22 4:07 From Kansas Group: Registered Users Posts: 3393	Here's the piece that I had to remove to lower the cowl: Attach file:   (110.48 KB)   (129.76 KB) Posted on: 2009/5/26 11:21

Eric Boyle	Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project	#196
Home away from home Joined: 2006/5/29 21:02 Last Login : 2010/11/22 4:07 From Kansas Group: Registered Users Posts: 3393	I also have generous firewall to engine clearance (makes for a longer hood!): Attach file:   (93.33 KB) Posted on: 2009/5/26 11:22

Eric Boyle	Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project	#197
Home away from home Joined: 2006/5/29 21:02 Last Login : 2010/11/22 4:07 From Kansas Group: Registered Users Posts: 3393	And of course, I've taken all the wires and insulation out of the inside of the cowl, but I'm keeping the insulation to use as a pattern eventually. All this took me most of yesterday, with a lot of head scratching to get it all figured out. Also, I won't be using fenders, as they will really take away the looks of the vintage race car. Attach file:   (113.87 KB) Posted on: 2009/5/26 11:25

Eric Boyle	Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project	#198
Home away from home Joined: 2006/5/29 21:02 Last Login : 2010/11/22 4:07 From Kansas Group: Registered Users Posts: 3393	Did a little work on the Speedster today, mocking up the steering column and doing some cleaning on the cowl: Attach file:   (128.47 KB) Posted on: 2009/5/27 20:36

Eric Boyle	Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project	#199
Home away from home Joined: 2006/5/29 21:02 Last Login : 2010/11/22 4:07 From Kansas Group: Registered Users Posts: 3393	The wife asked if I wanted a pic of me in the "War Chariot", so here we go: Attach file:   (64.99 KB) Posted on: 2009/5/27 20:37

Eric Boyle	Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project	#200
Home away from home Joined: 2006/5/29 21:02 Last Login : 2010/11/22 4:07 From Kansas Group: Registered Users Posts: 3393	Meanwhile, right after this was taken, I got a call from Travis asking if I wanted to come over and check out the Packard Merlin, and of course I said heck yeah! Attach file:   (130.84 KB) Posted on: 2009/5/27 20:38