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Artist Bio | How the Cars Are Made: Page 1

The Design and Fabrication of a Custom Car - Page 1:

This photo essay shows how I take vintage car parts and create a unique design.
This 1926 Packard started as a leftover cowl. Using the cowl as a foundation I created a new design for this boat tail speedster.


1 - The original 1926 Packard cowl. I made the cowl wider and removed the vent. The straight flat windshield was replaced with a curved slanted windshield.	2 - This shows the basic layout of the body. In a very rough stage. The car in the background became the black and red dual cowl Sportster in the gallery (1928 Packard).


3 - Laying out the frame under the new car’s body	4 - Shaping the wooden buck that is the form for the rear fenders


5 – Shaping the metal over the buck	6 – Shaping the boat tail


7 – Door frame construction	8 – Mock up of the rear deck


9 – Wooden joinery in the rear deck frame	10 – Gluing up the rear deck panel


11 – The first look at how all the parts fit together	12 – The artist with car in progress

TO BE CONTINUED ...