PackardDon's 1956 Clipper Custom Sedan

Posted by Packard Don On 2020/3/13 22:09:46

Toyed with starting a blog and with some encouragement from several people I thought I would give it a try. For the long history made short, this Clipper sat in a parking lot at the edge of a busy street in Campbell, CA for years with a For Sale sign in the window and when my best friend showed an interest in getting a Packard I pointed him to it. He owned it for a few years, then had to relocate from the area for a new position so I bought it and by then it had new dual exhaust and new Sears Allstate Guardsman whitewall tires but was still painted grey as it was when found.

I've owned this car for over forty years and drove it only twice and the first time the brakes failed causing damage to the front. The second time not long after that and without fixing the brakes I bought a house and drove it (carefully) there. The photos will start with it just before the move as I can find none earlier.

To repair, I bought a fender and other parts, then loosely attached the front bumper for the move, then the car sat, rarely being started, until around 2008 when I moved again and this time had all my remaining cars transported to my then-new Oregon shop and started acquiring bits and pieces that I knew it needed including some trim damaged in the long-ago accident.

Now we're more or less caught up to recent times so I'll continue in a separate post.

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