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I really don't believe it is the same car. Pay particular note where the window sills meet the windshield pillar. On the Peron car the sill turns up to form a radius there, and have beautiful grained moldings. Not so on the yellow car. And who would take out the beautiful red leather and put in cracked diaper brown leather? Notice also that the Peron car shows very little sheet metal above the windshield glass. The Peterson car has much more.
There is some sort of fooling going on here.
Posted on: 2013/3/16 10:19
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Re: Fun with used cars
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Here are some shots of the hood process. I use 2 hoods to do it and end up with something much lighter and stronger than the "real" Carry-beans hood. No hood prop is necessary. I gently work the top hood layer with a hammer and dolly to sharpen the existing creases and then trim the edges of the top layer to fit the bottom hood. The top layer ends up sitting about 1.5" further to the rear than the bottom. In one of the photos you can see where I cut holes in the bottom hood to blow cool air down on the carb, and onto the approximate area of the air filter (cross the engine type).
Posted on: 2013/3/15 13:12
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Re: Fun with used cars
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A couple more "in service" photos. Was in wintry north central PA last week to look at a Kaiser Traveler. Tried out some snow covered back roads in the Thousanddollarwonder. Old girl did great.
Second photo was this afternoon when my buddy and I went to Carlisle to pick up a motorcycle he just bought. I can report that Torsion Level still levels the load and smooths the road.
Posted on: 2013/3/14 22:10
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Re: I need help rear axle 1955 clipper
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That car probably has a 3.23. The only thing taller that Packard offered was a 3.07 on the Deluxe with Ultra--and I have never seen one yet.
I'm not sure what you are after. With a 502 engine you aren't worried about gas mileage are you? Your bigger worry is twisting off those axle shafts. You would probably be better off putting a Ford axle under it.
Posted on: 2013/3/13 15:16
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Re: 1955 PACKARD CLIPPER STREET ROD
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very impressed with the bodywork. Looks like you saved one most of us couldn't. Love the orange. Not so sure about the dark grey top--how 'bout cream so the car looks like a Dreamscicle?
Posted on: 2013/3/12 21:16
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Re: Mike's 53 Clipper
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A nice thing to do for your rear springs is to put new spring liner in between the leaves--especially if they are squeaking. You can probably find that in Germany as it nothing more than polypropylene sheet if I recall. You want the rubbing surfaces of the leaves to be smooth and shiny. New spring eye bushings are also cheap and will add a lot to the smoothness of the ride.
Posted on: 2013/3/12 7:09
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Re: mikes 1948 super 8
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Congratulations, you have obviously done a good job on that rebuild. You are gonna love it with overdrive when you get that installed--will make the car into an effortless long distance cruiser. Which tires did you end up using?
Posted on: 2013/3/12 4:49
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Re: Hi help my How much oil poured into the steering gear
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Fill it until you can't pour in any more. I doubt if it holds even 0.5 l.
Posted on: 2013/3/3 12:10
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Just took a look so am coming in late.
Studebaker and Chrysler products of this immediate postwar era used brass nuts--and they are quite good for the reasons noted. Packard, however did not. They used 3/8-24 extra heavy series steel nuts. The "extra heavy" means that they had an 11/16 hex instead of the 9/16 that is standard for 3/8 threads. This in concert with the extra heavy series flatwashers under them gave much better support as the washers need to span between adjacent ears on the intake and exhaust manifolds. Will have to look and see if McMaster has these. I've never had any trouble with them coming loose, and there is no need for any locking washers. A sure sign that an engine has been worked on when you go to look at a car is that the washers under the head nuts will be missing, and there will be small nuts holding down the manifolds. Peter is quite right about the finish on the manifold: Best if it is smooth as a baby's backside, and with a small chamfer around the edge. A right angle die grinder with a roloc disk does that fast and easy.
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