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Mal,

You just need to install some Packard Scripts on the side of her little car, and perhaps draw the shape of the Packard radiator on the front. That should pre-program the Packard into her at this early stage in her life!

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Kev,

Will do. But will have to practice a bit on drawing the radiator first, might have to make a template and trace it on, because my drawing skills are not great.

Why do I have the feeling that this is going to look like one of those VW Bug Rolls Royce conversions?????

I see that your granddaughter car is center steer rather than right or left hand drive I assume that makes her a center of the road type. Spending time with your grandchildren is a very good reason to not be working under your project family comes first.

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Actually, I was thinking of putting it on a 56 Pat T/L frame, dual turbocharged 327 straight 8 drawing through 2 x 4 bbl's, T56 6 speed trans. 4 wheel disc brakes not to mention a 4" section and assorted other mods but decided against it in the end. I just thought I'd let someone else do that and could imagine that a Mayfair coupe done this way would be exceptional. What do you think Eric?

I'm going to stick to the VW Bug Rolls Royce conversion look. After all, Livinia's only 18 months old, and she's just happy to have her own wheels albeit with a 61 year old grandfather as motive power.

And talking about Rolls Royces - Early one Sunday morning while out for a leisurely drive in the '38 sedan and passing through the local shopping centre a bloke on his way home from an obviously big night out cries out "Look, it'ssssh a Rollssh Roysssh". Gave him a wave and continued on my drive but now with an even bigger smile on my face!

I will post a pic once the VW Bug Rolls Royce conversion is complete.

Mal!! SHHHH!! Don't be telling everyone our plans for our "Batmobile"!!!

Monday 18th February 2008

Scraping, scraping and more scraping. Getting monotonous, this time right side outside of main X member, underfloor and frame rails. See the results in the pic below

Last Friday gasket for diff re-assembly arrived from USA.

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Tuesday 19th February 2008

Scraping, scraping and more scraping this time the left side outside of main X member, underfloor and frame rails, and.......this time wire-brushing! Almost all the underside, from the bottom of the firewall back is now clear of built-up dirt, old paint, surface rust, grime, grease and combinations of all of these. Tomorrow more wire-brushing, the knuckles cop a hiding in the confined spaces so must remember to take some leather gloves with me. Then it'll be Marine Cleaning time. Pic's below of todays efforts.

And last night Tony "Shocks" called and advised he has the sway bar shock apart and it looks good and should be ready next week. Also reminded Peter Toet in the chat room last night about the big nut and bolt for the front shock arm I require.

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Mal from the look of your last picture you are getting better at keeping the dirt off your face and on the floor. When you get down to the end you will be able to spend the entire day under the car without getting dirt on you. But the painting may be a new learning curve. Also appears that you are working up a sweat doing all this work. All kiding aside your progress reports are great reading. Keep them coming

Wednesday 20th February 2008

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Al,

Thanks for those kind words, it kinda lonely under the '41 for hours at a time so I appreciate it.

Today was supposed the be, for a while, the last day of scraping and brushing and hopefully starting Marine Cleaning as well. But it was not to be for two reasons.

One, On arriving at the workshop I found that John was only there for half a day because he and Rick are going to Adelaide, about 1,000 miles south west for the Clipsal 400 a street circuit race being the first race in the 2008 Aussie "V8 Supercars" series, basically Ford V GM with 360ci V8's. Apparently they do this every year with a group of up to 30 guys! Sounds and looks like fun too from the pictures John showed me of the Gold Coast Indy Car race they also go to every October. Wade missed out on Adelaide this year because of his New Zealand trip.

And two, On getting under the car discovered I'd missed scraping the insides of the frame rails between the diff crossmember and the rear crossmember. This was besides the various patches missed initially. So after more scraping, I think I've got it covered now, although with lying on your back, restricted work space and a lead light for illumination I still can't be sure. But at least wire-brushing has commenced and is complete except for the "V" between the trans and the diff. Pic of todays output below.

Wont be back to the workshop until Monday, as it's closed up while the guys are in Adelaide.

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