Re: Ken's 1937 115C Touring Sedan
Posted by Ozstatman On 2011/8/10 3:08:53
Quote:Ken,
Read your Blog again, sorry make that started reading your Blog again, and ended up clicking through stopping and going deeper when something caught my attention. Upshot is, your progress over the last 6 months, your documenting of it and the problems you've encountered and overcome are to be commended. Also like to thank your wife for her help from time to time, and with a smile on her face too!
Regarding the opportunity to pick up a rebuilt engine. I'd say go for it, especially as you have a crack in your block. Suppose questions are, how recent was the rebuild and how extensive was it? Price? Don't really know, the Pacific Ocean factor makes that difficult. But if it checks out as being OK, remember a full rebuild would cost you at least $2K.
And speaking of the Pacific Ocean factor and Australia and Sydney in particular if, by any chance your sea duty brings you here drop in and say hello at Wade's Workshop. If you give us enough warning I'm pretty sure we can round up some Packards(including '37's) and Packard people to welcome you down-under.
EDIT - Where in Idaho will your '37 be? I'm curious because my '41 120 Coupe was at Middleton, near Boise, from 1961 to 2007.
Ken P wrote:.....Thanks to a Packarding friend, I'm going to be calling on a rebuilt 115c engine in Wisconsin. I could actually pick it up on the way to Idaho next weekend, so if the price is right, I'll probably bite. I'll need to decide what the right price is though! Thoughts?.....
.....I also was able to bleed the brakes tonight. My most wonderful wife helped me. It helped that I put the seats back in the car this weekend!.....
......It will be stored for the next three years. I hope to find someone to do the bodywork while I'm out to sea, and I'll probably do little odds and ends when I have some leave time, but I don't expect a lot to happen.....
Read your Blog again, sorry make that started reading your Blog again, and ended up clicking through stopping and going deeper when something caught my attention. Upshot is, your progress over the last 6 months, your documenting of it and the problems you've encountered and overcome are to be commended. Also like to thank your wife for her help from time to time, and with a smile on her face too!
Regarding the opportunity to pick up a rebuilt engine. I'd say go for it, especially as you have a crack in your block. Suppose questions are, how recent was the rebuild and how extensive was it? Price? Don't really know, the Pacific Ocean factor makes that difficult. But if it checks out as being OK, remember a full rebuild would cost you at least $2K.
And speaking of the Pacific Ocean factor and Australia and Sydney in particular if, by any chance your sea duty brings you here drop in and say hello at Wade's Workshop. If you give us enough warning I'm pretty sure we can round up some Packards(including '37's) and Packard people to welcome you down-under.
EDIT - Where in Idaho will your '37 be? I'm curious because my '41 120 Coupe was at Middleton, near Boise, from 1961 to 2007.
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