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Chad,

Looking forward to seeing them in the Registry.

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G'day Gil,
to PackardInfo. I invite you to include your Packards in the Owner Registry here together with pic's, any known history and how you acquired them.

Dave & Kev,

Thanks for the two-pronged reply to the Carter WDO conundrum. Now I know what I have and what I should have!

EDIT - Added a pic of the invoice detailing the work done.

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Friday 6th March 2009

Enough of Morris Minors and back to the real cars, Packards!

Before going to the workshop rang Tim of Carburettor Service Company and he told me the Carter WDO off the '41 looks OK with the metal in generally good shape. He still has to finish it and check the auto choke and it should be ready on Monday. But.....just before submitting this post Tim rang and the carb's was ready so I ducked over and picked it up. Tim explained to me the work he'd done but talk of metering rods and suchforth were lost on this individual. He did say the float level was way too low, the jets were the right size, the venturi's were the right size, the metering rods were almost on spec and the foot starter switch is fine amongst other things. But what's that? From my limited understanding of things Packard, the foot starter wasn't on the '41's although I could be wrong. And Tim tells me the tag off the carb, see pic, definitely doesn't below on a '41 Packard Carter WDO. So because the distributor is also off a later model engine it's apparent there's been some mix'n'match going on in the '41's past.

Didn't do anything at the workshop, except take a couple of pic's of the dis-assembled O/D, as we were going in the '37 Super 8 to pick up some "goodies" from sponsors that Wade had arranged for our 13th Packard National Rally later this month. First went to Flashlube at Seven Hills,http://www.flashlube.com.au/ where Terry had the box of goodies ready as he saw the '37 arriving in the parking lot. Then to Meguiar's at Silverwater,http://www.meguiars.com.au/?gclid=CK7vle2ljZkCFQcupAodIg_naA where Peter also had a big box of goodies for us. Reason we went in the '37 was that Peter's daughter, Alison, is getting married February 2010 and asked Wade if his '37 120 could be used as the bridal car, the 120 being the car he'd seen Wade in previously. Wade instead offered the Super 8 and brought it over to show him, and wasn't Peter and a fair number of other people there impressed! There could be a problem though because about that time Wade and Gina are due to fly out for the 2010 New Zealand Packard Rally. However I've volunteered to provide the Bride with what will be the ride of her life, in a Packard that is, in case Wade can't do the honours. Before we left Meguiar's in the Super 8, Wade had Peter tackle some small sections with some Meguiar's products with mixed results, because of it's coolant overflow problems some of the paint had become "stained". Where it was heavily stained the paint had become pitted and although better after application was still not great, while other areas less stained cleaned up nicely. It must be remembered the Super 8 was repainted in 1961, just before it spent the next 46 years mostly in a Museum. And another thing - it turns out Kevin, future husband of Alison, is one of my youngest son's good mates! Small world.

Just to back up a bit, on Wednesday spent a few hours at the workshop where I refitted the radio to the '38. Although not "correct" it is period correct although with some shortcomings including mismatched volume and tuning knobs and a broken dial face. But it's the only radio I have for the '38 so back in it went. It had been hanging off a sheetmetal bracket under the dash and that was part of the problem because the cables from the radiohead to the box were stretched with tight bends not allowing the knobs to function easily. It's now been re-mounted under the centre of the dash with gentler bends in the control cables. But I'll have to re-mount it again as it's too close to the cowl vent handle now! Also fooled around with Wade trying to get the O/D internals out of the case but without success. I also picked up the old 6V Battery Charger Wade had made up me new leads for. And the shelf above the bench had fallen off the wall sometime during Tuesday night resulting in stuff everywhere but no real damage just time and inconvenience to re-fix it to the wall.

So on Thursday, after Wade had rung Peter Toet(Peter Packard on PackardInfo), who is also our club's Technical Officer, Wade was able to release the working parts from the casing. Seems the problem was probably light rust holding the shaft and a gentle tap was all that was required. Yesterday Wade also put all the split pins into the clevis pins and nuts/bolts requiring these on his '34 chassis. He'd either hadn't used them earlier or only inserted and loosely expanded them. The finishing off of these was left until he was certain that all the mechanical components were working and any or all adjustments required had been done. He tells me he didn't realise there were that many split pins involved and he doesn't want to see another one!

On Monday, if I can see because I'm having an eyetest with the usual blurring drops in the morning, I'll re-mount the WDO on the '41. Wade won't be in because he's heading south to check out the progress of the '34 in the paint shop. Because I'll be left to my own devices this will be a real TEST! Tune in again on Monday!

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G'day ecvpaul,
to PackardInfo, sorry can't help with your query. But I invite you to include both your '47 Clippers in the Owner Registry together with pic's, any known history and how you acquired them.

Kamstilla,

Did you see this thread in the Post-War Forum?

https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2343&forum=2

And speaking of which, it would be a good idea to get Kev to move this thread to the Post-War Forum if you agree?

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Dave,

The photo is in the Owner Registry, it just doesn't display until you open up the Registry entry. Probably too big a size file, but the more computer literate can advise on that.

Signed "a certain Aussie"

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Jeff,

Usually I tout for business to members of PackardInfo to include their Packards in the Owner Registry here but, in this instance, extend an offer for your Packard owner friend in Immensen to join the Site. And of course once he joins, he could include his '54 Pacific hardtop in the Owner Registry, etc, etc, etc.

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Dave,

The automotive world is very broad in it's reach. Although I wouldn't expect to see you in that piece of "badge engineering" nevertheless I'm not surprised. I take every opportunity presented to expand my first hand experiences by riding or driving in any car if offered. Both my sisters had Morris Minors many years ago and for my best friend, one was his first car. One of my sisters Minor's had a unique rust repair to it's floor, it had been completely filled with about 1" of concrete to cover the rust holes and provide an even surface! Didn't pass it's registration inspection which necessitated not just a proper rust repair but excavation of the concrete floor, a very expensive repair to say the least. The upside of this - after removing the considerable weight penalty of the concrete, performance was markedly improved even though a Minor, at least in stock form, was never a performance machine!

EDIT - I thought I had the pic's of the Morris Minors in the post intially but on going back and checking found there were two of the same pic and it was incorrectly captioned both times, so deleted those and added these.

G'day Teague,
Like to add my to PackardInfo. And if you have a Packard invite you to include it in the Owner Registry here together with a pic, any known history and how you acquired it.