Russell & Bazil’s 1939 One-Twenty Club Coupe
Posted by Russell Harmon On 2022/9/22 22:40:52
Well, I’m starting this project blog nearly 5 years after acquiring the car. Better late than never eh?
I acquired the car in 2017 from a long time Packard collector, who has sadly since passed. The car had sat outside for some time, but luckily items like the paint and interior have held up ok and have not needed to be redone as of yet, however in the near future.
Soon after getting the car, my father and I embarked on getting the car roadworthy. He taught me how to go through the brake system, we went through the cooling system and got the car running. Plagued with chronic overheating, we pulled the head off and found multiple burnt valves and a few stripped head studs. Next embarked a full rebuild.
Some time later, everything was back together and the car was road ready. My partner and I embarked on polishing the older lacquer paint job and it was/is stunning.
We’ve taken the car on a few long distance trips, the furthest being from Southern California to the Monterey peninsula in December of 2020, just over 800 miles round trip.
It’s been a fantastic car, most recently we had the pleasure of showing it at the San Marino motor classic. Anyways, I’ll attach some photos and do my best to keep this updated.
Thanks for following along
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I acquired the car in 2017 from a long time Packard collector, who has sadly since passed. The car had sat outside for some time, but luckily items like the paint and interior have held up ok and have not needed to be redone as of yet, however in the near future.
Soon after getting the car, my father and I embarked on getting the car roadworthy. He taught me how to go through the brake system, we went through the cooling system and got the car running. Plagued with chronic overheating, we pulled the head off and found multiple burnt valves and a few stripped head studs. Next embarked a full rebuild.
Some time later, everything was back together and the car was road ready. My partner and I embarked on polishing the older lacquer paint job and it was/is stunning.
We’ve taken the car on a few long distance trips, the furthest being from Southern California to the Monterey peninsula in December of 2020, just over 800 miles round trip.
It’s been a fantastic car, most recently we had the pleasure of showing it at the San Marino motor classic. Anyways, I’ll attach some photos and do my best to keep this updated.
Thanks for following along
Attach file:
E85D2116-E859-490B-ADA1-1600C3D156D6.jpeg (304.07 KB)
883F9682-40DD-4FBE-960C-E26B0C1A4805.jpeg (179.70 KB)
477134F5-EF64-4480-BBEC-6D358821CD4A.jpeg (238.25 KB)
2FA6DE75-D31E-4D28-9A86-FF2AACF0BB06.jpeg (411.38 KB)
65347D88-DDAB-4BF6-9957-6FB84C42800B.jpeg (493.15 KB)
DF9EACEA-0909-40F3-82B7-69DD518AAA7E.jpeg (629.62 KB)
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