{"id":873,"date":"2015-06-26T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T22:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/?p=873"},"modified":"2015-08-18T18:16:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T12:16:24","slug":"antique-car-whirligig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/antique-car-whirligig\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique Car Whirligig"},"content":{"rendered":"

For my second whirligig, I wanted to make a gift for my dad for Fathers Day. \u00a0Now I’ll admit, it’s not quite the scale or grander of the light house I built my mom for Mothers Day<\/a> a few years back, but my dad\u00a0owns a 1928 Packard that he REALLY enjoys taking to car shows and such, so that was the perfect vehicle to model in this whirligig.<\/p>\n

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My mom and dad posing in front of their 1928 Packard. This is the inspiration behind the antique car whirligig weathervane I made. My dad takes this car to car shows, explains the history of the vehicle, the features of this car, how vehicles have changed over the years, etc. It’s only fitting to create a model version of one of his favorite toys for him to enjoy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you are interested in the car itself, here is a video of my dad explaining the car. \u00a0I find it quite interesting how much we take for granted in vehicles these days. \u00a0There are a lot of standard luxuries that weren’t always there – you know, things like heat…<\/p>\n