My first Packard!

Posted by 46Pack6 On 2010/2/12 22:36:07

This week I picked up my 1st Packard. It is a 1946 Clipper Six. While I know it is the "bottom of the barrel" for 1946, I am very excited about it! The car was originally a Maroon color has since been sprayed a pastel/light green and then it's current black.

I picked it up on Tuesday of this week and hauled it home. So far I have pulled back the front carpet to reveal soaked and rusty floors. I cleaned them and let them dry out and will probably POR15 them until i get around to welding in replacements. I also managed to get the engine started up. It sounds OK but sure seems "loose" like there might be a broken mount. The exhaust manifold is broken at the flange.

The interior had been redone in the 80's and is holding up pretty well.

I'm attaching a few pictures. As you can see, I'll be trying to locate some missing trim pieces.

I've restored:
55 Ford:http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=372383

66 VW Camper:http://www.sanborn7.com/VW/DD/

65 VW Samba:http://www.sanborn7.com/bullis/forum/phpBB-3.0.2/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3

60 Porsche 356B:http://www.sanborn7.com/bullis/forum/phpBB-3.0.2/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=140

Looking forward to my 1st Packard resto!

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