1939 Packard Custom
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Modern day kustom icon , what a fantastic custom !
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1941-PACKARD-DAGOSTINO-CUSTOM-GABLE-178587
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So this mess is the Saab, superimposed on the Packard, to scale and then rotated so that the roof and parade deck are at about the right angle. Stare at it for a while, you´ll figure it out! The height and window shape looks like they´ll be spot on. The window almost exactly matched what I drew up, though the rear deck may have to be a tick higher than we thought.
Thanks James. My brain is hurting from last nights pizza and wine. Whilst you have the template can you delete the Saab body easily so it’s not like one of those 3d dot patterns , that if you stare at it cross eyed long enough you see a naked woman holding a tire iron?
Looking at Gable has resolved what to do with the large modern glass window in the back of the top. I have a narrow, rounded shouldered, chrome roadster window frame somewhere.Â
Looking at Gable has resolved what to do with the large modern glass window in the back of the top. I have a narrow, rounded shouldered, chrome roadster window frame somewhere.Â
Can´t do it until tomorrow now, but if you look at the “tick” on the side, and then follow the door shut line up, you´ll see where everything matches up at the top rear corner of the Packard door/rear corner of the side window of the Saab roof.
Yeah I got my iPad out and looked closer. My ph has 5000 cracks so it did my head in. No rush. Huge help what you have already contributed. Thankyou.
Wheelbase of both Tony.
all the issues seem resolvable at this early stage. Convertible top pivot point intrudes about 4 inches forward and inboard  of the b pillar door edge. …. but so will pantograph hinge mech lower down. But long doors and being a two seater that shouldn’t be a drama. A day with the grinder and some wood chocks and a tape measure will reveal all…. in a few weeks.Quentin Hall wrote….
“Trial fitted the cut down grille blades yesterday. PITA to assemble but it all went together well… eventually. Louvres open as factory however I won’t have them opening off a thermostat on the radiator. A choke cable on the dash will be better. It took two and a half cars worth of bars to get a good set. I still have enough to make a shorter again hotrod grille later.”
Enjoy the beauty of Customizing
Might have to put my two Packard Sixes in-line cos I had the mistake of going on US eBay whilst I waited on my Perth flight this morning and found these 39 caps for $75 US with postage adds up to $270Australian. But they are very cool. But Perth <span style=”-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”>isn’t cool at 39 degrees!!!  Baked beans for dinner all week and I’m banned from eBay!</span>
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