Re: Packard Swap Meets. Where are they?
Posted by BigKev On 2009/1/23 17:06:34
Excellent to hear Chuck. I look forward to meeting you. Hopefully everyone else that mentioned coming earlier are still going to attend. If so it will be a mini-PackardInfo.com meet inside the larger PI meet. 
I heard from Dan Yocum last night who is a local Packard part supplier I get some of my harder to find 51-56 parts from. He will not be attending due to health issues, but is sending some parts down with another guy from the regional PI chapter.
Also he told me he scored a complete '54 A/C system (from underhood to trunk and everything in between) from a gentleman in CT. He is going to put that on his '53 Patty. So it will be nice to see one of those locally in working operation.
I also talked to him about locating a crank pulley that was used on the power steering equipted models for use on the '54 for aftermarket A/C. He has the piece that bolts to the front of the standard pulley for power steering. I always thought it was a completely different pulley with 2 grooves. But according to him its just an add on piece that bolts to the front of the existing pulley. So hopefully that is coming down to the PI meet with the gentleman that is bringing some of his parts down. He should also be bringing down new 53 Senior, 54 Junior (same as '53 Senior), & 54 Senior (with the fin) headlight rings that Dan is reproducing out of cast aluminum.
I heard from Dan Yocum last night who is a local Packard part supplier I get some of my harder to find 51-56 parts from. He will not be attending due to health issues, but is sending some parts down with another guy from the regional PI chapter.
Also he told me he scored a complete '54 A/C system (from underhood to trunk and everything in between) from a gentleman in CT. He is going to put that on his '53 Patty. So it will be nice to see one of those locally in working operation.
I also talked to him about locating a crank pulley that was used on the power steering equipted models for use on the '54 for aftermarket A/C. He has the piece that bolts to the front of the standard pulley for power steering. I always thought it was a completely different pulley with 2 grooves. But according to him its just an add on piece that bolts to the front of the existing pulley. So hopefully that is coming down to the PI meet with the gentleman that is bringing some of his parts down. He should also be bringing down new 53 Senior, 54 Junior (same as '53 Senior), & 54 Senior (with the fin) headlight rings that Dan is reproducing out of cast aluminum.
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