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Dan wrote:
You, sir, are working on my dream Packard. Dad had a ‘47 sedan in a similar grey to your parts car.
When I discovered how lovely the 2-door versions were, they became my favorites.
I was looking for an old car - couldn't decide which. I did have a 1965 Dodge for awhile, and it was fun to get into but wasn't quite right. I always liked the "torpedo" styling. I think that GM did it best, but Packard had the bigger engines and were inline, and that appeals to my anacronistic thinking. That and my grandfather had a couple of bathtubs as daily drivers in the 60s until he died in '81. But he insisted on sedans, and I'm not convinced even though that's my current driver by default. The bathtubs had coupes, too, but I found the Clippers and it all fell together. The roofline is a touch high compared, say, to the Cadillac fastback, but all in all it's a good looking car and it's what I intend to work on. Good thing, as 10 of them have followed me home now. Piece at a time, I'ma gonna get good at it.
My concession to hot rodding is the idea of building either a 356 or a 9-main 327 and installing it into a SWB coupe. The first coupe I bought is a '47 six and would make a fabulous candidate. I also have a '47 Deluxe with no immediate plans. And I have the Custom coupe which needs to go back as Allah intended because there just aren't very many of the darned things.
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