Re: Iona, WI 2016 car show

Posted by Leeedy On 2016/7/17 13:27:28
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51Packard wrote:
I attended this show today. HUGE! There were even a couple of Packards! The 55 Clipper was in the for sale corral. The rest of the cars were in the "Blue Ribbon" section and blocked off with rope so I couldn't get any interior pics. That was a bummer, but happy to see Packards at a car show! Also met a wonderful couple with a beautiful '49 (in the pics) that were a pleasure to talk to. They introduced me to the Wisconsin Packard Club. Looking forward to talking with them again!


The 1956 Four Hundred is very pretty, but it must handle a little strange (especially at higher speeds) with those Thunderbird-looking outrigger wire wheels (with Packard caps installed). The stance of this car would have to be several inches off from factory specs due to the wrong wire wheels. And on these cars, caster, camber, turning clearance, and other front geometry is very, very critical and can result in things like front end shimmy, ripped tires, oddly worn tires, screwy-acting or broken power steering... and more...and worse.

This is what happens when magazines and auctions continue to persist-often defiantly- in reference to postwar Packard wire wheels as "Kelsey-Hayes" (one of these references is on prominently eBay right now) instead of Motor Wheels... which is what they are. And people think... "magazine or auction company said it... gotta be accurate. I'll go buy myself some Kelsey-Hayes wires and put them on my postwar Packard!"

The original Packard postwar wire wheels never used outrigger spokes positioned on the edge of the rim. And they never used Kelsey-Hayes wires... they used wire spoke wheels made by Motor Wheel Corporation...and the spokes should be inset from the edge of the rim.

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