Hello all!

New here, first post.

I grew up on my grandparent's farm in Oregon. In one of the barns was an old '53 Packard Clipper Deluxe. The last time it was running was probably 20 years ago. I tried to get it running a couple years ago with my grandpa, and we ran out of time on that trip. We replaced the points, coil, plugs, and dumped oil down the cylinders.

Now I've inherited it, and a buddy and myself have the crazy idea to get it running and drive it back to Texas. We both have 10 days off before Christmas. I just bought us 1-way tickets to make this adventure happen.

The plan is to have parts and tools shipped there and spend a couple days getting it going, then start the drive if we feel it is road worthy. Supposedly it ran smooth when it was parked. This was according to my grandpa, who was the last person to drive it.

I have some family checking the brakes to see if they have pressure, and hopefully I can talk them into putting new tires on and checking to see if the lights work with the new battery.

I'm planning on having the following parts there when we arrive:

-starter
-starter solenoid
-battery
-carb rebuild kit
-possibly brake rebuild kits depending on results of test above
-tires

We will ship some flat rate boxes full of tools, wire, toggle switches, silicon, etc., to try to cut down on what we need when we arrive.


So...

What are the chances that we get this running in the first place, and then make it from Oregon to Texas???

What other parts should I bring to increase chances of success?


Not sure how to post pics here...