Aaron's First Packard

Posted by Aaron Dressler On 2012/2/13 20:58:02

Hi i was recommended by a very nice gentleman about putting my story up on this website. I meet him at the annual AACA meeting in Philadelphia this past weekend. I am a 20 year old college student attending Pennsylvania College of Technology. I just bought my first Packard right before Christmas last year. It is a 56 Packard Clipper 2 dr hardtop. I am currently employed at a restoration shop which i a grateful that they are letting me work on it on weekends. Someday i want to be able to win an AACA junior and senior awards with it.. it sat for the last 5 years. the previous owner wanted to fix up the car. it has minor rust issues at the bottom of the quarter panels in front of the tires. it was once repaired by another person and now the repair is failing. it has two small holes in the bottom of each fender behind the wheels. The car ran into a garage door with some other owner and slighty dented each fender. the previous owner tried to fix the passenger fender but left it bare for five years. i was able to clean all the surface rust off of it with metal cleaner and painted it to match. It doesnt match to well haha. i almost have it running hopeing this weekend to get it running.

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