Re: Packards International 2009 Membership Meet Report

Posted by BigKev On 2009/2/1 17:00:59

Good turnout for the swap-meet this morning. Lots of good bargins to be had. I picked up spare stainless side trim for my car for $1 a piece. I paid $40 for a couple of missing pieces 2 years ago. I also swaped that box of cores I paid $5 for to David Moe for new parking light lenses with gaskets and hardware. I also picked up a pretty much perfect horn button (no crazing), and a NOS (still in box with instructions) fuel door guard. For the website I picked up a 3-hole bound 46-50 service manual with no reprinters mark on it. So it will go through the scanner in the next few days and up on the website.

Besides the Wonderbar radio for my '54. My other big find was a complete washer pump assemble with bracket for $35. Just need to clean it up and replace the wiring and vacuum line. I also picked up a few books that were on the Bookshelf thread pretty cheap. I had to talk myself out of a running '40 110 Couple that was there, I sure do love that body style. My wife would have shot me. There was also a 100% rust free basket case 55 Caribean there. Complete with all parts, and boxes of nos extra parts, and it came with a '55 Patrician parts car for $25,000. Original color white, black, pink. Currently in primer. I think the production number was 417 or 419.

All and all a great day!

I also spoke to several folks at PI, and I have a preliminary agreement from them to do either a story or write up about the PackardInfo website in their national publications. So not sure when it will come out, but look for it in the next couple of issues. I think it will help expose the website to more Packard folks that were not aware that the resource that PackardInfo provides exists.