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So. We showed you the early Classic Bicycle Era headbadge for Colson-built Packard bicycles. Now here is the headbadge design that followed.
What we show here is New Old Stock (NOS) never mounted, never drilled, never bent brass. But you can get an excellent idea of the original appearance, including colors and plating. By the way, SOME of these were brass while others were made of aluminum. On the brass headbadges, the raised areas were nickel plated. On the aluminum versions, the raised areas were simply natural silvery look of aluminum. Image is courtesy of Leon Dion / National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com).
Posted on: 2023/11/22 21:52
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Re: Interference of R/H turn signal light socket with A/C duct
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Even if the templates were accurate (and it's always a possibility they were not), I would double-check before doing cuts and installation. Having worked for many years of my career at the OEM level of the car biz, I can assure you: specifications get changed. Often several times. Were those templates merely templates? Or final specification templates? Furthermore, paper templates (or copies thereof) passed around all these years through machines, scanners and internet and how many hands just allow for too many bad outcomes. Even workshop manuals get out in publication with errors in them. Usually such things are remedied with Service Bulletins. But this is just the nature of the car biz. Again... I always check with an actual production-level car. Compare what you have with an actual system installed at the factory. Take measurements and photos. There are a bunch of Packard V-8 factory A/C vehicles still alive and breathing in this world– even in 2023.
Posted on: 2023/11/22 16:32
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Re: Interference of R/H turn signal light socket with A/C duct
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Wow. I can assure you that applying a heat gun and/or "blunt instrument" to these super brittle and rare Bakelite vent housings can only have one result: a bag of potato chips. Or something that looks and sounds like it.
Posted on: 2023/11/22 16:11
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Re: Interference of R/H turn signal light socket with A/C duct
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Ahh. Well. We know the factory didn't cut the dash-top vent holes. The measurement is the measurement. And templates are never trustworthy in retrofits as a final and absolute gauge. Especially if downloaded from the internet. I always say it is best to look at an actual vehicle and see how the factory did it. They couldn't have such issues. The old construction rule of "measure twice, cut once" also holds true in automotive. A padded dash versus un-padded dash should make no difference at all. And while someone will likely argue this, it was indeed possible to order a padded dash in a Clipper or Executive. Either way, A/C vent clearance is determined by fore/aft location of the vent. Not up or down or thickness of foam. Or pad or no pad. None of this should have an effect on the clearance. Again, I have done several installations/retrofits of these factory air systems and never had a clearance problem. Whatever happens, I would say consider repositioning the vent rather than cutting anything just to get clearance. If things are already not clearing, cutting can only make things worse. And remember, these Bakelite vents are brittle... old and fragile after all these years. And yes, I very well know where the clearance indentations are in the vent housings. I've had lots of these over the years. Lots. Good luck.
Posted on: 2023/11/21 22:10
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Re: Yet another fugitive from the C. Lewis Ablelove auction comes up for sale
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This has absolutely nothing to do with trustworthiness or the auction company. It has to do with the bizarre weirdness of someone posting a sale with click-bate in it... and then????? NO ONE responding to the ad... NO ONE answering emails...NO ONE answering the phone because the phone listed does not work! I'm sorry, but if nobody sees anything supremely strange about all this...WOW. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along... move along... uhhh and don't forget to click that link!
Posted on: 2023/11/21 21:03
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Re: Interference of R/H turn signal light socket with A/C duct
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I have installed several 1955-1956 Packard factory air conditioning systems over the years. Never had this problem. Ever. Of course, dash top openings have to be in precise position. As in dead accurate. Also... are you aware that there is a clearance indentation in the vent base? Advice? Don't cut anything. Bad idea.
Posted on: 2023/11/21 20:23
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Re: Yet another fugitive from the C. Lewis Ablelove auction comes up for sale
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The cars listed in the links are supposedly at a place called "Altieri's Auto Tow" in Amsterdam, NY.... • The phone listed does not work. Try it. • The email listed doe not give responses. • A FB inquiry to the poster gets no response. • Inquiries to the web site page for the tow company get no response. So... if you have a connection to the seller and this is not a secret sale, but is real, I for one would love to get a chance to ask questions! That's all. Thanks.
Posted on: 2023/11/21 15:52
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Re: Yet another fugitive from the C. Lewis Ablelove auction comes up for sale
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=============================== Well. The problem is... 1.) The auction is lonnnnng over and done. 2.) The car auction company is not selling the cars listed on Facebook and really has no connection to them. 3.) Car auction companies almost never ever give out info on buyers of cars from previous or any auction. 4.) None of this resolves the questions of now... * WHO posted a sale on Facebook? • WHY is the Facebook poster not responding to inquiries about his post? • WHY is the web page and phone number for the Facebook poster also totally unresponsive with a phone that does not work and emails that don't get answered? • WHAT is this latest sale about if no one can reach the seller or get answers????? IS IT a real sale or a hacker's click bait?
Posted on: 2023/11/21 15:40
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Re: 1956 Pushbutton Instruction Decal
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The item in question here was not a "decal" but rather a temporary label. A sticker. A decal was a whole different thing– usually intended to remain a part of the vehicle. A sticker was not meant to be permanent with the vehicle. Packard also affixed such peel-off temporary stickers on the ignition switches of early 1950s vehicles. There is a fellow in Ohio who makes tons of decals and stickers for various hobby uses today. PM me and I can provide the contact info, etc.
Posted on: 2023/11/21 12:28
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