So...

[Invisibleman13]

... How is everyone's Wednesday going?

[BigBrother-84]

OK, I see that "invisibleman" is working on transforming his Bullnose invisible too, beginning with the bed side right panel, uh?

[Invisibleman13]

Yes sir. I have rocker repairs on that side also.

[kramttocs]

Gives a whole new meaning to 'clear coat'...

[Gary Lewis]

Reminds me of the clear V8 models we used to have.

[1986F150Six]

Gary Lewis wrote

Reminds me of the clear V8 models we used to have.

https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/revisiting-the-visible-v8/

[Gary Lewis]

That's the one!  I never got one - perhaps because my father didn't smoke a pipe?  

[BigBrother-84]

kramttocs wrote

Gives a whole new meaning to 'clear coat'...

[BigBrother-84]

More seriously Invisibleman, I am wondering why you prefer not to replace all the panel and cut it in order to keep the contour and the tail light corner?

I am absolutely not a body guy, I had the great help of a friend when restoring Big Brother.  So, maybe this is a strategy to facilitate the installation of the new panel?  Will you cut the new panel with exactly the same dimensions, or will simply install it over the existing remaining contour?

[85lebaront2]

I had that and later, the slant 6 with a side panel that came off. The slant 6 even had piston rings.

Trivia question, whose V8 was the visible V8 copied from and a bonus, what would it's displacement be at full scale?

[Gary Lewis]

Without looking it up, I'm thinking it was the Chevy 265.  Dunno what the displacement would be at full scale, but I'm guessing 265 CU.

[85lebaront2]

Studebaker, shaft rockers rule out a Chevy. The bore and stroke also match as the Studebaker 289 was undersquare at a 3.5625 bore and 3.625 stroke. The visible V8, when scaled up matches the Studebaker dimensions.

[Gary Lewis]

Cool!  I never knew that.  

As for shaft rockers, one of the engines on my trailer wasn't recognized by some - until I pulled a valve covers.  FE!

[Invisibleman13]

To answer the question BigBrother-84 had: The reason I cut the quarter of the way I did is, it's easier to handle a few smaller pieces than one big one (I'm working alone).  The other reason is the spare tire carrier bracket welded to the inside of the quarter made it difficult to run the body saw along that part of the panel.  The one part that I didn't remove was the upper part where the roof mounts and I will be removing the wheelhouse.

[85lebaront2]

One quirk of the FE engines, almost all of them have "352" cast on the front of the block so unless there is something like the tag that used to be attached usually on the coil bracket bolt, the only way to tell is bore and stroke.

Stroke 3.5" 352 or 360, 3.78" 390,406 or 427, 3.98" 428 if you by chance find it is 3.3" you have a 332.

332 and early 352s are solid lifter engines as are some 406s and most 427s.

[BigBrother-84]

Invisibleman, thanks for the reply!
Make sense!