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Dad’s latest project. The work this shop does on the motors is just stunning. When we went and toured the shop last year the main guy was telling us the process they use. They epoxy the block smooth and let it cure Then they apply paint, let it cure for several weeks before firing it up and letting it reach a specific temp. Repeat. He was very specific on the times and temps. Takes 6 months or so. The end product is damn impressive! ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/fRL7hQpr/IMG-1833.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/4NRFZyQF/IMG_1839.jpg)
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Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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COOL! thanks Higg.
Are we looking at electric power steering? (have to think that might be aftermarket)
And I love the lube port for the water pump shaft. Wounder how often that needed a squirt? Generator has them too.
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Damn you. more cool car pics and no Jimmy Olson news stories....................................................................again. What kinda place you think this is anyway? 
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In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
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Thank you. Never knew that
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Here's one from the other side. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/gcZBf88Z/IMG-1837.jpg)
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Your pics never disappoint. Thank you.
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I’m surprised all those bolt heads are not color matching. What a great looking old beast.
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The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
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I’m surprised all those bolt heads are not color matching. What a great looking old beast.
Osky It looks like they are chromed?
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
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There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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[quote=Higginez]Dad’s latest project. The work this shop does on the motors is just stunning.
STUNNING is the absolute truth on that craftsmanship. Thanks for the latest round of awe - inspiring pics.
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Gorgeous. That gives "sanitary" new meaning.
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This is the Packard V12 (another 38) that we were gawking when he was telling us how they paint the motors. It's a very tedious process. This car belongs to the same client and won it's class at Pebble Beach in 2022. He's hoping to go back and win again with this one. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/brXFPnPY/E88-C34-F0-CC32-496-E-84-FC-FB90-FB9-F1-CCB.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/13nG5CXV/6-FC0-C861-D629-4-FEC-8403-430123-A1389-E.jpg)
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Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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I’m surprised all those bolt heads are not color matching. What a great looking old beast.
Osky That would look kinda lame imho.
Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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Another homerun Higginez !
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My father will be 91in a couple of weeks and has always had a great memory, including his older brothers and in laws cars from the 30s. Apparently everyone when he was a kid considered these pre-war Packards to be the ultimate car. A local funeral home had a Packard hearse and some of the coal company big wigs had them. Thanks for sharing these pics with us.
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I’m surprised all those bolt heads are not color matching. What a great looking old beast.
Osky That would look kinda lame imho. I think so too. I like the contrast of the chrome bolts against that green.
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
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I’m surprised all those bolt heads are not color matching. What a great looking old beast.
Osky That would look kinda lame imho. Yes, probably so. I was thinking all of them black. Thanks for posting these autos, great stuff. Osky
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Beautiful beautification of the entire compartment, and the engine surface just glows. It has to look better now than when new. Had two Packards in the 50s - one pre-war and one 47. For sure neither of their engine areas looked like this one - at all.
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Yow. I cannot imagine the cost of something like this. Its incredible work.
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