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Received the manifold gaskets.

Bit the bullet and injected windshield sealant under the rubber and created the mess of the century in the process.





Luckily, that cleans up quite well with varsol and about a thousand paper towels. There still is a bit of squeeze out here and there so I'll have to have another go at it. Today I was disgusted with the smell of the Varsol.

A really fun job! But looks great. Let is sit a day or two, and be totally settled in, before you do your final wipe down.

Pat,

Saw the picture of your car on your June, 28 post. What color is the car? Is that Peter Pan blue by any chance?

bmonster,

The blue coach in my June 28 post isn't my car. I bought its drivetrain and sidemounts after its owner rodded it. He did a nice clean job of it.


I have no idea what his blue was. It looked like it had been repainted. My car is Light Chestnut, some kind of tan. You can see it a few posts above.

Pat,

Thanks for the try. I'll ask a more general question about my paint questions in the Paint Forum.

Byron

When I had done the woodgrain of the garnish moldings I had used the rear window molding from my sedan parts car. That ended up being way too narrow, so the upholsterer had installed it with a length of black hidem between it and the glass. It looked a bit like a thick rubber. I now have a proper coupe molding. Next step is to strip it and woosgrain it. Then I'll be able to install that neat little blind which goes in the back window.

Stripped the molding today & gave it a good wash of metal prep.

Welded a screw head to close the hole at the top which isn't needed on a '34,


filled it in,

sanded it down and put down a coat of Mahogany base.



And I have the makings of my models. The Hubley/Gabriel sure isn't 1/20, it is more like 1/24.

I have 3 of those diecast 1.24 danbury mint roadsters, 1 green and 2 burgundy/maroon.

If you lift up the front seat the metal tray is under there with all the tools and the battery. Engine is fully detailed.

Underneathe you can see all the rivet detail and special ribs for the rumble seat floor system . I believe the 35 tech advisor mike Bancroft's roadster was the model for this.

I just put a scale duvall V style windshield on the green roadster off a 32 ford. Had to slice 1/8" out of the models top to get it to sit down properly.

mike

Made some support boards to hold the molding in a vertical position while I attempt to woodgrain it.

About a year ago there was a '34 listed on ebay that was formerly owned by Wayne Taylor. The listing stated that it was used as the Danbury model. I'm not sure how accurate that story was… but I think this was the car.



But then again, I could be really wrong...

Interesting that it has a rad cap for a gas cap.

That is different, and it has a few to many horns, bells, and sirens but it is a beautiful car.

Wayne Taylor's car was a "put-to-gather". Too bad they elected to use it as a model. I have ridden in that car and also driven it.

Tackled the woodgraining of the rear window garnish molding today. The first two photos show the setup.





These two show the blending paper on the end of the first pass with the roller and another pass started ON the paper.





These two show the joint before and after blending. Sorry for the poor photos.

What exactly does " put-to-gather " mean ???
" Too bad they elected to use it as a model " ???

What are you trying to say exactly.????????????????

Its not overly accessorized....as far as OPTIONS.....It only has rear spare with metal cover.........radiator ornament, bumper guards and right side tail light, twin horns, that I can see on the model.

I thought they used Mike Bancrofts VCCA tech advisors car a 35 roadster as the basis of the model. ?

mike

mike

Checked the moldings today, they were good and dry. So I applied the toner. It is a dark transparent wash that gives it warmth and bring the grain out. First picture is before, second after.

Very nice Pat...Joe

Here it is installed. Before everyone sends me back to the shop to redo it, let me assure you that it doesn't look blotchy like that in daylight. It is the flash which gives that effect.


Now for the blind, does the roller go in front or behind? It is not clear in the picture I have in front of it.

Beautiful job, Pat!!

Just like the toilet paper roll... Someone's going to tell you it's backwards which ever way you go. Likely your wife...

I would expect that closer to the window would be more effective in blocking light.

That makes sense. Here's a photo I just found, I think I'll install it like this.

So here it is.





Turns out the instructions were rolled up into the blind....

'Bet you didn't find the instructions til after you installed it and tried the shade! (At least that is the way I would have done it.)

You sure do nice grain work!

That would have been my normal way of doing things, only this time I unrolled it to see whether it had to be wound up and voilà...instructions!!!!