Reply To: Transmission and clutch are done! Engine coming soon.

[William H. Rolapp]

Rick, In reading through all the ‘strings’ that your project has produced, it is clear that we have two concerns:

1. This is your car, at the moment, and we want you to feel that these decisions are yours to make and enjoy. But all of us are really only custodians of these cars for a moment in time. They will be passed down through the years for others to protect and enjoy.

2. The second concern is that you might make a mistake and produce a car restoration that doesn’t look much like a car that had come directly from the factory production line.

It is true that these cars were really ‘custom cars’, and could sport Packard paint, aftermarket headlights, long trumpet horns, Duesy taillights, Alligator interiors, etc. But not many cars of your model type were made and very few survived. We have seldom seen so much interest in a new restoration as there has been with yours. WE really wish you the best in your endeavors, and hope your result will be a real winner at all the car shows you will bring it to, and hold it’s own through the years, unique, well balanced, and beautiful!.