Re: "NEW" to me '55 Packard Clipper Custom
Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2009/8/31 8:45:07
Hi Joe,
Congrats on the '55 Clipper Custom. It's almost the "spittin' image" of the old family car in you see in my posts. Except you've still got the fender skirts and it's dual exhaust. The paint is probably different, yours looks more green than blue, but fading makes it hard to tell. Ours had over 70K when we sold it, too, and never had brake or lifter noise probems, but did need an Ultramatic rebuild pretty early in its life.
It sounds like you know the basics of going through an old car, so I'll just mention one thing I'm kind of passionate about (besides brakes and steering) which is dropping the oil pan and checking for crud buildup. You'll be able to tell a lot about what may be wrong (or right) about the engine by what's laying in the pan, which if it's just sludge buildup can be fixed, messily, right away!
Again, welcome to the forum.
Congrats on the '55 Clipper Custom. It's almost the "spittin' image" of the old family car in you see in my posts. Except you've still got the fender skirts and it's dual exhaust. The paint is probably different, yours looks more green than blue, but fading makes it hard to tell. Ours had over 70K when we sold it, too, and never had brake or lifter noise probems, but did need an Ultramatic rebuild pretty early in its life.
It sounds like you know the basics of going through an old car, so I'll just mention one thing I'm kind of passionate about (besides brakes and steering) which is dropping the oil pan and checking for crud buildup. You'll be able to tell a lot about what may be wrong (or right) about the engine by what's laying in the pan, which if it's just sludge buildup can be fixed, messily, right away!
Again, welcome to the forum.
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