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I’m sure not the oldest restart, but some of you will remember the ’36 club sedan 8 that I had at Hershey, 5 years ago, maybe a little more? It had not been run since 1953, and with no disassembly other than dropping pan to clean, was started, ran, and driven onto Red Field….soliciting the comment from one young lady, “That thing doesn’t LOOK like it should run….”””

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It’s be great if Rich got it, and we could follow the restoration! His posts on the ’29 have really livened up the forum, thanks RL!!

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Maybe this works better….

http://www.prewarcar.com/magazine/previous-features/clasicauto-madrid-2015-025578.html

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Wow, what a great find and a great car…thanks for the pictures, man, am I wishin’….

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Congratulations to both men, fine efforts and well deserved!

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Nice! Thanks for posting the pictures….

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Early convertible coupes just never have the good look of a roadster. Not to offend anyone who owns one, they’re still great cars and open! I recently acquired a ’27 Dodge Brothers fast four cabriolet, the first “convertible coupe” made by DB. Top up, it looks great. I had it at a friend’s recently, we decided to put the top down, yikes….we couldn’t move fast enough to get it back up, it was awful looking with the top assembly hanging everywhere….

Ed made a politically correct remark, but the message is that there are a lot of fake convertibles out there, not saying this is one…

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One of the pasted in illustrations…

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Interesting…very similar to the one I have, though mine has illustrations throughout instead of three at the end….interesting too that the 1901 shown in library even has the note that it may be a “draft”, just as I was thinking about this one….

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Thanks, never thought to look there, appreciate it….

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Man, I’ll tell you what, for $3000 I’d be making a little vacation trip to El Paso and knocking on someone’s door. The website makes it seem like it’s still in business, and even if it’s not, there’s an owner that lives in that area I’d track down. Yes, have heard bad tales about this place for a number of years….. http://empiremotorsinc.com/

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I agree on the wood sealing, then it’ll be good for another 80 years. I really like West System, but I’m sure others do the job well also.

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Glad to know it really worked, and as I tell my kids, you’re mostly welcome!!

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Wow, great information, thanks for posting, don’t know how you could have such a heavy item shipped, that far, for any less!

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If you have the body wood down to bare wood, seal it with West System, then spray or daub black paint on it. It would not have been stained.

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I’m a good bit of a purist, but the hydraulic lifters are hard to beat…that’s how I’d go….

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I think the natural wood looks good on the 32 or so and back cars, later in the 30’s it doesn’t seem as natural a look, so to speak….I’m putting a top on a 1940 Packard 160 convertible sedan now, a lot of these restored have natural wood but I’ve covered the back bow and front header with bowdrill (rest of bows are metal) and it looks correct….

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Wood frame of the body, or wood frame of the top (bows)?

Normally, the body wood was painted black, some early photos (not Pierce) show workers “daubing” paint on the interior wood with a rag. This does not have a fine finish on it, as most of it was hidden. By interior wood, I mean the body framework which ends up behind the upholstery or under/behind the seat. A flat or semi-gloss paint would be appropriate.

Any body wood that shows after upholstery (such as door jambs) would be painted body color.

If you’re talking about the top bows, that might be an interesting discussion. The bows on my ’31 phaeton are, as far as I know, original, and have never been painted. They are varnished or sealed but the wood grain shows.

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Man, if that’s the dark side, save a seat over there for me…….

I really like my ’38 1604 Packard convertible coupe, but it’s not even in the same league as that car…outstanding….

Ed, you get to play with all the right toys!!

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No, I think it was “You kill ’em, We’ll chill ’em”…..

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