to Eric (Turbopackman):
Well getting a ZIM,ZIS,ZIL here Is not so easy as you might think.
The last time a saw a ZIM GAZ-12 for sale was a half a year ago and they asked 12000$ for it(pictures below)! Needed restoration, some parts missing ore replaced by some other car parts.
I think Russia is the place where these "Big cars" can be still found. Here these cars have already landed in someones collection and those not worth saving have been recycled as scrap.

Pictures sours www.auto24.ee

PS! A correction the car is still for sale I discovered
http://www.kuldnebors.ee/kuulutused/S%C3%B5idukid/S%C3%B5iduautod/*+Muud+margid/GAZ+12+ZIM/kuulutused.mec?pob_post_id=7310498&pob_action=show_post&pob_cat_id=11045&pob_browser_offset=0&pob_view_language_id=et


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Went to a car show today. The car sponsors picked a fake ford as the best Ford. It's driving me nuts that these replicars are beating out steel body cars for awards. These are cars built out of a kit, assembled in the last 5 years, but have zero automobile history. Can't take it too serious, but has people's taste for cars gone in the crapper. Most of these local car shows will award Best of Show to a 30s hot rod, but now the relicars are getting best of shows.

Of course the funniest thing at he sho was a guy with a 20's ford tow truck (didn't know if it was real) was entered in the orphan class. He actually took a third place. I guess he lost points for not being an orphan.

Then there's the people choice award. They just had a bunch of voting ballots in a basket for anyone to grab, and some twerp stuffed the ballot box so his 1980's Toyota truck was awarded People's Choice.

I know you can't take these shows too seriously, but some things just irritate the hell out of me

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I think the correct term is crazy

Strange that the Horch rear and side styling is ultimate beauty. Even better than Cord. While the styling of the front end of a Horch is a bit stark.

Sorry to hear about the transmission. Not sure but I think it should have been towed with the rear wheels off the ground or the whole thing up on a truck. Some of the other guys on here can tell you more about your transmission.

BTW, Mine is a 51 too.

Did you check out the Airtex #3461 from a 1961 Ford 352 V8, looks like it has a vac portion for wipers. I couldn't tell much from the pix on Airtex site.

I note there are no cross references on Carter or Airtex websites for the M-2198S fuel pump listed in the Packard Service manual.

A 1937 Horch 853 Volt & Ruhrbaeck Sport Cabriolet was awarded best in show for 2009 at Pebble beach. The owner of the Horch is Robert M Lee of Sparks Nevada.


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Spent all day yesterday reinstalling some new and some of the original wood for the interior.

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I know where there's a '54 Clipper in decent shape, trade ya for a big ole' ZIS, ZIL, or ZIM. Don't matter to me, as long as it's fixable!

to Eric (Turbopackman):
The law that restricted the size of a personal car has been outdated since 1991 when the Estonian S.S.R(Soviet Socialistic republic) ended.
I think there are millions of people in the world that like old cars. A lot of people like american cars here, I think there are a lot of reasons for that.
I would like to drive one day a 1954 Packard on the Estonian roads.