dash timber on a 1937 Packard 120
Posted by Lloyd Hammond On 2014/10/21 1:52:30
Hi folks.
First day of membership here. A great resource! I'm contemplating buying my first Packard - a 1937 120 coupe convertible (RHD) in Australia. My reluctance is my lack of knowledge on Packards - particularly in not recognising what is factory and what isn't. The car I'm looking at "appears" to my novice eyes to be very tidy and original, although the timber on the dashboard looks to be of a much heavier grain than others that I have seen on line. I'm no expert, but it looks like an oak with a heavy black grain running through it (a bit like 'pitch pine' if that's a term that's recognised). I've seen some that look more like burred walnut (maybe that's the 'senior' series). And maybe there was a different timber used on export cars.
See pic attached.
The car is being auctioned so it may be out of my reach, but I thought I'd ask, just in case.
Cheers,
Lloyd
(Fremantle, Western Australia)
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First day of membership here. A great resource! I'm contemplating buying my first Packard - a 1937 120 coupe convertible (RHD) in Australia. My reluctance is my lack of knowledge on Packards - particularly in not recognising what is factory and what isn't. The car I'm looking at "appears" to my novice eyes to be very tidy and original, although the timber on the dashboard looks to be of a much heavier grain than others that I have seen on line. I'm no expert, but it looks like an oak with a heavy black grain running through it (a bit like 'pitch pine' if that's a term that's recognised). I've seen some that look more like burred walnut (maybe that's the 'senior' series). And maybe there was a different timber used on export cars.
See pic attached.
The car is being auctioned so it may be out of my reach, but I thought I'd ask, just in case.
Cheers,
Lloyd
(Fremantle, Western Australia)
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