Customs Packard Concept

I'll post what I have on my phone now. Most of it will be assembly after paint photos.
But it's easiest to post the photos from my phone, and then edit the comments in on mt computer, so if you happen to be on while I'm posting, and there are no comments, be patient, and I'll edit it.
I also have a bunch of videos to post, do Ill do that too.

Sorry for the use of bandwidth Ryan, hope it's worth it. Haha.

 

Here are the skirt latches in each position.





Gearing for the top.



I modified the original hood latch handles to be the door handles, and made the stanchions.



The running board trim ends. Took some time to get the spacing right. Eyes play tricks on you!



These are the art deco hood latch buttons. The acrylic was designed by another customer of ours, and the steel part was made by me. In a minute I'll post a video of how it works.



These are the acrylic templates for headlight trim I made. We then had them cast in bronze, then we hand finished them and had them chromed.





This is a pulley I machined for the Latham to take a V-belt.



Here I modified the stock damper to be a front pulley. We ended up removing the stock springs, and made it mount solid.






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The car back home after going o the studio for a bare metal photoshoot.



This is how I converted a junk V12 coil to accept conventional canister coils.



Getting bodywork and primer.





Some gaps, and body lines. Mick Jenkins and crew did some amazing paintwork on the car.





Art deco glove box knobs.



These are all the components I made to make an alternator cover to match the Latham supercharger. Finished photos to come.



Bare frame.






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Assembling the rear end.



This is the mid mount I made in nickel.



Plated and painted sewage coupler, along with other polished and plated parts.



Installing plated horns of power.



Rear control arms, hubs, bumpstop, shocks.



Rear drums.



Rear skeleton brakes without drums.



Here is the finished alternator cover, with the exception of the tabs from the actual alternator that still need to be polished.





Engine installed.



Sterring swingset pivot.



Front spring, shackle, and wishbone.



Kyle plate in the rear.



Frame going out for a photoshoot.



Going to take a break, but I'll post more later or tomorrow.

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Sewage coupler installed.



Front backing plates done



Pitman arm finished.



Front suspension going together.



Rear suspension going together.



Firewall installed.



Body mated to frame. It looks so silly without fenders.





Quarters get a bit close at crunch time. Haha.



A shot looking up at the rear floor.



Here is how the exhaust is routed.




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Running board trim installed.



Hood side assembled.





Interior finished, headed back to the shop.





Leather boots added to rear end.





Assembly finished. just about to leave for GNRS.



Made it.




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Now here are the videos I have.

This is a test of the rear deck. As you can see, we still need to adjust the speeds.



A test of the roof.





Testing the roof and deck in each direction.





Another view.



The hood doors working.

 

This is the latching mechanism for the roof. These are built into the sides of the roof, the pins index into the windshield to lock the roof down, and the microswitches indicate position of the locking pin.



This is how the handles for the hood latches I referenced earlier work.



Grill.



This was the first test where the top and rear deck all worked in one operation.



Finished grill working.



First fire!



Rear suspension actuators, working with the controls.



Wrapping it up.

 

It's no road shot, but here it is pulling up to the judges.



First opening of the roof for the judges. Unfortunately, there is an obstruction.



Another top video.



Super short video of finished hood doors working.

 

So, I think that wraps it up guys. I think that's all I've got unless someone has a specific request, or question.

I know the car is too "custom" for some of the hot rod guys, and a lot of people don't understand the coach built element of it, but hopefully the work and decisions made can be respected. Anything modern was hidden, and the things you can see fall into the realm of traditional. We hit our goals with this car, and I'm very proud to be a part of it.

This car really forced me to improve in every facet of car building. This car is easily the most responsible for rapid growth in my car building, and I'll always be thankful for that.

Anyway, thanks for following along.

 

Wow. Thanks, too cool.

 

Thanks for all the postings on this build, so much to study, so many fine details. Engine turned firewall and the two Winfields are two items I missed at the GNRS. Bob

 

Really great stuff Kyle. Thanks so much for all your work in posting the pictures and videos they really are fascinating to look over! It really is a remarkable car and being a custom guy I think it is an incredibly cool meld of custom car and coach build luxury car. Great work by all of you at HHR!!

 

I thought some of you guys might like to see this. The car has still been doing the show thing, but the owner took it to his local cars and coffee a couple times, and this is a video from today at hot august nights in Reno.
Hopefully tomorrow I can get a video from outside the car.

 

Good luck at the show. Going to spend some time to go back through the thread.

 

Very interesting thread on a very beautiful car.Just makes me wonder How much money this unknown man has invested so far?

 

Here's one for all of those "eh but he'll never drive the sonofabitch so what's the point"
BRAVO