Randy,

Great to hear fire-up went well.

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Petey, if I may call you Petey that is,

Thanks for being concerned about maintenance issues with my '38 Eight. But Packard maintenance techs are pretty thin on the ground down-under. A bit of background to the car itself first. It was restored about 20 years ago by the previous owner, a mechanic, who has also restored a number of other cars including Packards, most to concours standard, but is now a good "20 footer". It was used extensively over those years and clocked up an unknown number of miles, the odometer being broken. It's not lack of maintenance just the passage of time that's contributed to "yellowish" headlights as reflectors dull, lenses scratch and bulbs loose their effectiveness over an extended period plus this happened in daylight hours and was thrown in more for the storyline than as a statement. The matter of the wheelnuts however is more recent and I believe this stems from the repairer of my front fenders having the flu while doing the work and missing tightening that wheel properly.

And some further background to the car itself. It's believed to have been used by the US Army during WW2, to perform a return mail run from Melbourne(2400 miles approx) or Adelaide(1800 miles approx) to Darwin every fortnight. This was over unmade roads when there were roads and along railway lines, dry creek beds or anyway they could find a way if there weren't roads, which was most of the route! When being restored, the only rust was the bottom of the fuel tank. And mechanically, although the engine had been replaced with a '37 in Darwin after the original "blew up" it needed a thorough restoration including replacement of the "knife edged" gears in the transmission from the unknown number of miles it had accumulated.

I see from this and your other posts you really are concerned with the driveability and performance of our Packards and ensuring that all aspects contributing to those ends, including maintenance, are accounted for.



PS - Why has your Forum member name changed recently? It's now "PackardV12fan" and was previously "Packard Twelve fan"?

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John,

Have you spoken to Peter about these matters? He might be able to offer some insight or advice.

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John,

Sorry to hear about your problem. Don't know that I can help on the diagnosis but give me a yell if you want a hand with anything!

Gerd,

Thanks for that info on the interior. And what about the mechanical modifications made?

On a slightly different note, my horizons are expanding because of your posts as I didn't realise there was much of this sort of thing going on in your neck of the woods. It's really quite educational. And thinking about it now, I shouldn't have been surprised because where there are cars and car guys these sort of things go together almost naturally.

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Thanks Dan & Eric,

That's two, else like to join the chorus?

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David,
Learnt something today.

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Keegan,

If I ordered 100 decals I'd imagine that would help to get the price per decal down somewhat. Reason I picked that quantity is I'm thinking of our National Packard Rally here in Oz in 2009 and these would be a great give-away to the Packard owners attending. I'd also have some left over which I'd warehouse for other Aussies if they become Packardinfo members in the future. Could you let me know by PM what the cost of 100 decals plus the shipping cost to Australia would be please?

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Phil, Sure looks a

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for adding your '51 to the Registry.