Re: 1934 Pittsburgh Auto Show?

Posted by Jeremy Adams On 2009/4/10 18:31:23

Oh, we have lots of info on the car already. It's the '34 auto show pictures that we are trying to find. We have Blend's book, my father has spoken to him in the past as well.

I don't know if we've asked Steve if he has photos from the show though - that's a good idea. He's a great guy.

Ozstatman, we (well, we being Dale) own the car, so there's no worries there. :) It was in Oklahoma for many years, and my dad purchased it from John Wheatley in 1996. We've had it ever since, and are slowly restoring it. Before John had it, it had been seeing service as a taxi in Puerto Rico, if you can imagine! Painted red with a brush, the passenger door had been removed and discarded, along with the passenger seat - then a yellow beltline was painted on. It wound up in Akron, Ohio in the 60's, where Wheatley bought it.

We no longer restore professionally, everything at our shop is either ours or that of a friend that we are working on. We closed our doors in 1997. Our website now is primarily an information tool. This Packard will be the final Dale Adams restoration, really. We're looking to possibly get into custom coachbuilding in the future.