1939 Packard Custom
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This pic might not mean much but it is a big deal. That little ram raises and lowers the top. Early in the build I took it off because it’s travel was right in the way of the heavy structural piece to support the pantograph hinge.
The ram has a weird travel. The base of the ram goes forwards , back and then forwards again as the roof mech operates. I thought there was no way to fit it’s  travel in with the hinge in the way.
but now the hinge is made I have “just enough room”.
This means I can make the roof hydraulically operated again. A woman in Sweden Marie Andersson  is building a crazy custom and used the same top mech and isolated the pump from the computer module. It requires 3 manual toggle switches. But that’s my next port of call.A woman in Sweden Marie Andersson  is building a crazy custom and used the same top mech and isolated the pump from the computer module. It requires 3 manual toggle switches. But that’s my next port of call.
I’m glad you included this because I could not make head nor tail of what I thought you had written!!!
Hi Quentin !
Rubbing the sleep out of my eyes , took awhile before I understood why you posted a note with Swedish on it … if you need , here is the translation :
I dont know Marie Andersson so I searched and found picture of a finned Mercedes built in the eigthies that someone thought were built by her ? I got to know if it was her ! I thought it was quite innovative build on that car but never got incontact with the owner / builder .
Wolf
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Gday Wolf,  Here is some more Swedish to translate. I’ve got an auto sparky mate. I’ll see if he can make sense of Marie’s diagram.Â
Yes it’s a couple of weeks away. Marie has been really helpful and will send me another few pics shortly. I’ve got another old school auto electrician mate, who I’ll ring and pick his brains shortly. I went to a new school auto electrician in the complex next door and when I described what I was trying to do he looked at me with a blank stare and said “Nah Mate… we don’t do anything like that here! Why do you even want to do it?”…. Won’t be going there again.
A good little Saturday project was to finally finish off the 39 Buick headlight buckets to integrate into the fenders. A lot trickier than it looks. A rubber bead gasket will entirely go between.
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I just have to work out how to mate the headlight rings to the new lenses.Sharing these two videos for Quentin.
Up and down. Quentin still has to work out the hydraulics for the parade boot and rear bow.
Enjoy the beauty of Customizing
WOW – Smooth operating and quick.
1962 Volvo PV544 mild custom. A 55 year old dream come true - with much help from Smooth Engineering in Phoenix, AZ (Many thanks to Ed Smoot).
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