Re: Russell & Bazil’s 1939 One-Twenty Club Coupe
Posted by Russell Harmon On 2023/11/20 0:32:19
Well, it’s been months but I will continue the tale of our Packard.
After getting the radiator re done, cleaning the engine block best as possible and a new water pump we put the car back together. FINALLY I thought, I’ll get to drive this dreamy Packard that I had been spending all of my extra time and attention on. I did get to drive it, but not very far. We limped the car home, with it chronically overheating most of the way. It would only run maybe 10 minutes before it would begin to boil, and I would pull over and wait for it to cool off again in fear of damaging the motor. It did make it though, and I was very happy to see it home and in the driveway. I knew that the car was not drive able with the engine in its current state, more to come on that later.
Pictures from March of 2018
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After getting the radiator re done, cleaning the engine block best as possible and a new water pump we put the car back together. FINALLY I thought, I’ll get to drive this dreamy Packard that I had been spending all of my extra time and attention on. I did get to drive it, but not very far. We limped the car home, with it chronically overheating most of the way. It would only run maybe 10 minutes before it would begin to boil, and I would pull over and wait for it to cool off again in fear of damaging the motor. It did make it though, and I was very happy to see it home and in the driveway. I knew that the car was not drive able with the engine in its current state, more to come on that later.
Pictures from March of 2018
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