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Hi, to be honest I am not a lover of the wood grain. I know thats what it should have but I think i shall spray in a satin finish. Colour wise it will be sme as the steering column or a bit darker. I have also started painting the shell in the olive drab. The car is going to be an US Army Air Force Staff Car.

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Well i got a bit more done yesterday. I have managed to top coat the door trims for the inside of the car. Also the dash panels. I have also tracked down a manufacturer of the correct size battery and i have ordered one of these.

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Well i have continued to get more bits done for the car, I have blast cleaned the inner fender panels prime and top coat. I have fitted one, just waiting on the rubbers to rivet into place. I have also blast cleaned other items and the bumpers. I have also managed to clean paint and rebuilt the under seat heater. I have also fitted a new wire. The heater under the dash I am going to leave in the original paint as its in good order and still has the packard logo on it, would be a shame to loose that. I have also painted the inner side of the trunk lid. Now got to paint the outside. The dash board is also now painted so I will be looking to get this back together. Well thats about it on the update for now, hope you are enjoying the restoration blog.

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Very nice progress. I can't say if the 42 Clipper heaters were the same color as 46-7 but if so and you have access to Rust-Oleum spray paint in the UK, I found #7775 Leather Brown to be a very good match.

Well i have got more done on the clipper. I have got the front wings down to bare metal and primed. I have also refitted to the car to make sure things still line up.

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Well i have got more done to the car, the front wing and doors are fitted and painted. I have also fitted the front grill and bumper. I have also got the bonnet prepped and painted. I do have a question. The chrome trims that push onto the rear window and the front windscreen do these trims need to be pushed into place first before the rubbers and glass are fitted or after. Thanks.

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Well, i have made up the wiring loom from front to back and installed it where it should go. I have also fitted one of the tail lights, I was a bit disappointed with the quality of the rubber gasket the fit was not really very good, and because I am here in the UK its just to much trouble to send back to the US. I have also fitted the number plate light and got wiring in for that. The fuel tank wires are also in. I have also fitted the floor heater and also fitted the underlay sound proofing on the floor, i have to cut out where the seat bolts to. I have got to order the rubber water hose for the under floor heater. I have also got the rear window glass cleaned up nice and fitted that it went in really well apart from where the join is, its a bit off centre so i will pop the window out again and centre the join up. I have also got the headlight bowls painted and fitted. I am just waiting on some heat shrink so i can start soldering all the eyes onto the wiring loom and start wiring up. I am also waiting for the temp gauge to come back from the reapairers then i can get the Dash board put back together and installed. Well thats about it on the update for now. Are post some more pics shortly.

does anybody have a copy of the wiring diagram for the clipper, I mainly want the interior lighting circuit.

Thanks Howard

Many Thanks Owen, dont suppose there is a plan of just the interior lighting or a plan with better writing, i cant read it very well. Many Thanks Howard