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Re: Peterson's 1940 Packard
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West Peterson
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Yes. Pretty much just the outer skin of the door.
Update. Major damage repaired. Door hinges fixed and door fitted.

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Posted on: 2015/6/25 11:42
West Peterson
1930 Packard Speedster Eight Runabout (boattail)
1940 Packard 1808 w/Factory Air
1947 Chrysler Town and Country sedan
1970 Camaro RS

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West,

Saw your car last year in Wisconsin. Thanks for keeping us up to speed on your issue with the door. Sorry it happened but I learned something about just how solidly these cars are built. There must be some difference in the Senior and Junior latches as I don't believe my 41 110 has any secondary latches. I am now checking the tightness on my 4 door touring sedan and did find the right rear latch was loose.

Posted on: 2015/6/25 12:47
Rob Troxel
1941 Packard 110 Touring Sedan
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Your not the first person to have that happen on a 1940 Packard. A friend of mine has a 1940 180 club sedan and on one of his rear doors the hinges are "sprung" from the door flying open at speed at one time in the cars past. This happened before he bought it in the late 1960's. The door still opens & closes, but you can feel the tension in the hinges as you do it.

Posted on: 2015/6/30 22:25
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Hi West

Glad to see the repairs proceeding apace. I'm curious what would cause the striker plate screws to loosen: body flex? Or simply the repeated force from door-opening operations?

Steve

Posted on: 2015/7/1 16:00
.....epigram time.....
Proud 1953 Clipper Deluxe owner. Thinking about my next Packard, want a Clipper Deluxe Eight, manual shift with overdrive.
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Re: Peterson's 1940 Packard
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West Peterson
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I don't know, but I'll be checking the tightness of the screws every year, if not more often.

Posted on: 2015/7/6 8:30
West Peterson
1930 Packard Speedster Eight Runabout (boattail)
1940 Packard 1808 w/Factory Air
1947 Chrysler Town and Country sedan
1970 Camaro RS

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West Peterson
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Paul Rose, at Vintage Motorcar Company, is an extremely good upholstery man. For another very good friend, he located the correct material and color for inside liner of the back-seat assist straps. Originally made of silk, it is rare to find an original assist strap that hasn't "burst" with the stuffing coming out, like on my car. With leftover material from my friend's car, Paul was able to make my assist straps look new as well.

While old material looks to be gold in color, in the area that was folded tight near the top, it was discovered that the original color was bronze.

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Posted on: 2015/7/8 12:29
West Peterson
1930 Packard Speedster Eight Runabout (boattail)
1940 Packard 1808 w/Factory Air
1947 Chrysler Town and Country sedan
1970 Camaro RS

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Very nice, West. Will I be seeing you at the Packard National next week in Reading, PA?

Toggle grips or assist straps can be very challenging to reproduce or repair, the photo enclosed is the one from my 1934 Eight sedan and used for several years; probably impossible to find the materials to do an exact replicate.

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JT120
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West, I'm sure you've thought of it but how about blue thread locker on those screws.

Posted on: 2015/7/8 16:58
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Re: Peterson's 1940 Packard
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West Peterson
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Yes, I have thought of thread locker. I just want to make sure I don't use one that "welds" it to the plate, as I want to remove the striker plates in the near future so that I can repaint the door post.

Posted on: 2015/7/10 16:21
West Peterson
1930 Packard Speedster Eight Runabout (boattail)
1940 Packard 1808 w/Factory Air
1947 Chrysler Town and Country sedan
1970 Camaro RS

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http://aaca.org/
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West Peterson
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Quote:

Owen_Dyneto wrote:
Very nice, West. Will I be seeing you at the Packard National next week in Reading, PA?


Unfortunately, the AACA 80th anniversary national meet is in Louisville next weekend also, so I will miss the Packard meet. It is the second Packard show I'm missing this year because of a conflict with an AACA national meet. The first was the Experience in Hickory Corners.

Posted on: 2015/7/10 16:24
West Peterson
1930 Packard Speedster Eight Runabout (boattail)
1940 Packard 1808 w/Factory Air
1947 Chrysler Town and Country sedan
1970 Camaro RS

http://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=4307&forum=10

http://aaca.org/
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