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40 minutes ago, Gearheadengineer said:
Here is a link to the ad. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/355830463093276/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A58c81d23-dace-4953-9868-7a548b3dbf95
I like a good cabaret. Although I prefer a vintage Cabernet. 😀
Drink your cabernet in a cabaret.
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Atlas brand was still used by Exxon around 1980.
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Also, look from an OP perspective - this is not where people wanting to buy a car like this will see your ad.
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wrong forum, not a CCCA car
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matched the sunvisors originally I believe
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Oldsmobile, I think 1954
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You could be in a lot of WWII movies
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23 hours ago, kingrudy said:
IMO they really took a wrong turn when they changed the styling on this car from '57 to '58.
there are no 57 Packard Hawks - one year design
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LOF (Libbey Owens Ford) was acquired by Pilkington, a British company, who was in turn acquired by NSG (Nippon Sheet Glass). So you may want to check with someone handling Pilkington products.
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Except back in 1935 there was no Packard 6 to cross shop.
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Highway speed here is about 75 mph, and I don't think that would work. Secondary road 55 mph, yes.
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If you're going to use that approach (and there's nothing inherently wrong with it), you need to be sure the old match has a modern version (I'd still want to see a test spray), because some pigment chemistries have been regulated out since then, such as pigments based on hexavalent chrome or cadmium salts.
For blues and greens, like the OP is looking for, the match is likely to include phthalo blue. Make sure the concentration is more than tenths of a part, even if it means adding more titanium dioxide to compensate. Matches with very low content will fade.
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2 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:
Really bad flashbacks of gunmetal.
Spent the summers of 88 and 89 listening to Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking by Roger Waters while electrostatic painting with Xylol based gunmetal non-stop (gunmetal magnets reference).
Xylol is cancer causing garbage, so it makes my skin crawl whenever I see that so called color. Love the ships but that color has to stop... PLEASE!
Xylol is another name for xylene or more formally dimethylbenzene, if you're reading labels. Manageable to use with the right equipment, which I doubt you were provided with.
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A spectrophotometer (it's not a camera) works by scanning intensity vs wavelength of the light reflected off the sample. It has had the pigment curves and paint base color curves for that company's raw materials in the computer already. It overlays the curves until the best fit to the sample is found. The more pigments that have been scanned into the library, the better the matching can be. It does give a formula for the proposed match, that's the whole point. The best computer match should be tested and tweaked, as well as viewed under different illuminations and angles.
Old mix formulas based on obsolete (and often now forbidden) pigments and bases are next to useless unless the company has already done work on characterizing conversion.
A skilled color matcher (there are actual tests for a person's ability to see subtle color differences) can match without a spectrophotometer, but it's by an intelligent guess and iterative samples. It's takes more time and money.
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when will the color coat be applied over the primer?
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I agree that any competent place will use a spectro (Not on metallics - the light scattering confuses the spectro). But there is more - you want a formula with right "travel" or "flop" - how viewing angle changes the color. Also a metameric match will look good under one lighting but not under different lighting. A test spray of the proposed match before committing is in order.
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1 hour ago, George K said:
Who cares. It’s France. They can’t fight their way out of paper bag or even drive in the snow.
Really? How do they get from in Grenoble and Val d'Isere to the Mont Blanc tunnel?
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Neither. There are no VIN's in 1928. The firewall tag should be the serial number - someone smarter than I can decode it. Packard body, serial, and engine numbers do not normally match each other. So long as one matches your title you should have no problems.
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I used to run a lab where we ran certified testing, but not these. ASTM, ISO, DIN all sell their test standards. You have done some good detective work and have the actual test results. They tell you what happened on the standardized tests. View the results as the likely relative performance in the car, but "your mileage may differ."
Your home made one is not bad at all - the main issues are the viscosity change as the temperature changes (I'm nearly certain the ASTM tests will run at controlled temperature to greatly reduce this) and mixing the same way each time. I'd suggest marking the inside of the bowl with level lines. Fill to the same line each time and note the height of the foam, as well as timing the mixing and foam decay times.
As I think you understand, colorant is added and means absolutely nothing intrinsically.
If you want to change to a different problem, you could try an alcohol/water coolant. However, it requires routine checks to replenish against evaporative loss.
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Cut it from the painted cardboard , same material used for the panel below the rear window. I believe Restoration Supplies carries it
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2 hours ago, Flivver guy said:
When it comes to the proper manuals for this car…what would you suggest? Parts,Service, Operators manuals?
Thanks
between Packardinfo and suppliers like Kanter and Merrit, there is a lot available, considering it's a relatively low production car over 90 years old
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I toured one plant when robotic welding was still fairly new. One body per day was taken off line and sent to a station in the corner for weld testing. A guy smashed at the welds with a sledge hammer - interesting QC job.
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Odd that they would be looking for a restyle from Plymouth and Chevrolet - both cars' 41 models were refinements of the 1940 designs, not directions.
Yes, the two part fenders are the cherry on the ugly cake.
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Most parking in Paris is under the squares - from ground level all you see is a ramp with a blue "P" sign.
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