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Sunday 14th March 2010

Over the course of yesterday, and again this morning, went through the Picasa album of the 697 pic's taken on Friday and deleted 78 which left 619 remaining. Each of these pic's has now been captioned with Part Numbers, where known, or at least with a description although there are a few with just "???????". Have included another two of my favourite parts pic's below. Now to get onto the 3rd and 4th Picasa albums, these contain 404 and 541 pic's respectively although the 3rd album has had 65 already captioned so less than 900 to go!

And I received an email from Wade yesterday after his return from the New Zealand Packard Rally. In the email he included a pic of one of the participating Packards, a '32 V12, which is a former Pebble Beach winner, see pic below. When I catch up with Wade next week will get copies of the all pic's he took during the Rally and will post a link to them in the Shows and Events Forum.

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FYI Those "rings" in the first picture look like rear axel spacer shims to me.

Monday 15th March 2010

While working through the parts pic's on Sunday afternoon realised I needed to revisit the parts for a few additional shots. So arranged with Noel to go over this morning, Monday. Needed to gain a little more certainty about what is in some of the boxes, not in detail but broadly. Also took the opportunity to rationalise a bit by resorting some things from one box to another. And those few additional shots? Well the few turned into 90! So with those and the others still to be captioned there are only about 500 to go!

After that, took the opportunity to visit Noel's '41 160 Club Coupe body. It's with RonD who only lives about 10 minutes away from the warehouse. Ron is repairing all the rust issues in the '41's body and any other bodywork required. Ron has a Ford Model A, '39 Ford all original, except for a repaint, V8 Sedan and has recently acquired a '74 Chrysler Valiant Regal V8 318 or 360 (engine size still to be determined) 2 door Hardtop, 1 of only 300 something made. And speaking of 1, Noel tells me his '41 Coupe is the first '1475' of the total of 138 made, if I remember correctly! And speaking of Noel, yesterday he made his first PackardInfo post in this thread, said if I could do it then so could he! And I don't have to hassle him to get his '39 1701 Deluxe Sedan and '41 160 Club Coupe into the Packard Owner's Registry because they've been there for some time!
Noel

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Mal,
Are allowed to say "nice 39 Ford" on this site?

Jim

P.S. I think the Regal looks a lot better in red.

Quote:Jim,

When I started this particular Blog, I prefaced it thus:

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Deliberately gave myself plenty of room in order to be able to include just about anything that took my fancy! So be my guest and say whatever you like.
the red appeals to me much more than the OTHER COLOUR.

Tuesday 16th March 2010

On the way to the workshop this morning received a message from Wade to say he'd be in late because of problems with Gina's car, a Toyota Celica, and learned later the battery was dead. At the workshop tidied up the parts I painted with POR-15 last week then turned to making some replacement rubber grommet for the '41's front fender support rods, the originals being way past their use by date. During the course of the parts sort with Noel I found one grommet which looked a direct replacement but on closer examination it proved to be too thin. Also returning from one of the parts sorting days I'd called into Grippy rubber and purchased a number of diverse rubber grommets, none of which would fit but each one had some characteristic which looked close to parts of the original grommets. So sat down with the original grommets, there are 2 each side and each of these is different, then began a comparison with the new grommets, for fit, shape, thickness, etc, etc. I also dug out 2 sway bar link grommets, from the extras I'd purchased for the '41, which had the right size collar for the lower grommet for each side. Only trouble was they were too thick but a session with a Stanley knife slicing one in half, very very carefully mind you because I hate the sight of blood especially my own, fixed that. Then slicing one type of Grippy grommet gave me a tapered end for use with the metal retaining end and voila! A replacement lower grommet, albeit in two pieces. I was then part way through trying to craft a replacement upper grommet when Wade arrived. After the pleasantries and catch up talk, and the handing over of a memory stick with 90 of his pic's from the New Zealand Rally which I'll post later in a link in the Shows and Events Forum, it was back to the grommets. It was good to have Wade handy as I was a little stuck and Wade cast a wily eye over the Grippy grommets and said what about that one? And that one did it, together with some more judicious slicing of other Grippy grommets I now had a three layer grommet to replace the old single grommet.

While cleaning up some of the metal end plates for the grommets Noel arrived. Noel had a number of things needing Wade's input, advice or help. First was a box of rear wheel cylinders from PACA "Club Stock" which a new club member might be able to utilise for his '54 Clipper Coupe. He's been working on the brakes and found the rear wheel cylinders were two different sizes, which sounds like a recipe for disaster! Next was a 4.09:1 crown wheel and pinion for another PACA member. Noel's been involved in finding one for some time, which has been quite a saga, and it turns out there's one in the workshop which belongs to still another PACA member! Found PN # 347029 and 45 - 11 stamped on the outside of the crown wheel, so it certainly seems to fit the goods. Wade is going to disassemble the crown wheel and pinion from the pumpkin so they can be shipped to the PACA member. Next was the new wiring harness for Noel's '39, currently resident in Mal's garage. The new harness hasn't arrived yet for Wade to be able to begin the replacement of the old so Wade will follow up the manufacturer. And last was an examination of the front quarter and front window rubbers on Wade's '34. Seems there's a PACA member with 2 '33's, one of which has front windows the same as Wade's, while the other has the original '33 style, one year only, flip out front windows. Irrespective of style they both need new rubbers, the '34's could be available from Steal, while I believe the '33's are unobtainium. If anyone has found anybody making '33 style front window rubbers(US = Gaskets?) or knows of a close fit from another Make/model, any leads would be appreciated.

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There is a shop in Southern California that has re-created the window seals. I have not seen these in person, but am hopeful. The 33 seals are indeed "unobtainium" He documented his process in the following:


https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3895&forum=1&post_id=41119#forumpost41119

https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=4176&forum=1&post_id=44587#forumpost44587

Thous NOS packard parts look really nice Mal. Its amazing what some people have stored.
I can say I have seen one 39 Ford in my life,but it didn't look as that good as this one.

Wednesday 17th March 2010

Donated blood this morning then it was off to the workshop. One thing about my blood, it's red! Always thought it would be blue, but obviously born with a plastic spoon in my mouth. Of course it wasn't green, even though it is Saint Patrick's Day.

Noel had been in earlier in the morning to pick up the separated 4.09:1 crown wheel and pinion, so now they'll be on their way to a happy PACA member. At the workshop Wade was in the throes of cleaning up the intake and exhaust manifolds for Big Red. That work was suspended temporarily in favour of a couple of pick ups, in the form of material for a new tappet cover gasket and new nuts, bolts and washers for the manifolds, with mission accomplished. Back at the workshop I was set to making a few smaller gaskets while Wade continued his cleaning task. Also cleaned up a few parts in the blaster cabinet, a water pump housing(from club stock) for Harvey and a hand brake mechanism cover for Wade. This hand brake cover will soon be on it's way to New Zealand. A LHD '34 V12 on the Rally didn't have one and Wade is sending the one off his '34 parts chassis over because it's LHD and won't fit his RHD '34. Interestingly the LHD cover is pressed metal while the RHD one is cast iron. Wade meanwhile was making the new tappet cover gasket and was able to fit that before I left.

Steve, Only some of the NOS parts are "nice", many have suffered a rusty fate but could be useful.
Hobbs, I'll make sure Noel is advised of your advice if he hasn't already read your post. on Noel's behalf and that of the 33s' owner.

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Mal, I am looking at the photo: "The old - left, and the new - right", and wondering if you need the grommet and washer that is under the nut. I seems to me that this bracket and rod arrangement is like used on tube-type shock absorbers. I would think the correct arrangement on the rod would be to have a large washer and grommet on each side of the bracket. Have you tried using shock absorber bushings? There is a similar radiator cradle mounting design on my 47 Custom Clipper, and it is configured this way. The purpose of the rod-bracket-grommet arrangement is to provide some insulation from vibration for the radiator. For what it's worth ...

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