Just bought a 1956 Patrician (newbie to Packard)
Posted by Dr.Stuart Schaller, PhD On 2007/10/29 10:38:08
A little about me: I'm a retired college professor, having taught at Cambridge in England for 20+ years. Just turned 60 years old. Returned to the US in 1997 to take care of my mother who was ill. She passed away in 1999. I was born in Geneva, Switzerland, moved to England when 3. Moved to England when 7. Moved to Chicago in 1954, and was there until 1968, when I graduated Northwestern. From 1968 until 1997, spent 75% of my time in Europe and 25% in the US.
My car's ('56 Packard Patrician) info is now on the register list here.
My area of expertise is oddball Italian sports-racing cars, Alfas, Fiats, and Lancias from the 1930s though the 1960s. I am considered one of the world's experts on Italian sports car auto racing history. I know something about 50s American cars, but am FAR from an expert.
This is my first big American car, and first American car in at least 20 years. My last American car was a 1970 Pontiac Trans-Am Ram Air V (nope, don't still have it, sold it around 1978)
I am also trying to find a big "needs nothing" Nash Ambassador, as Pininfarina, and Italian company, designed the bodies from circa 1952 through 1956. My favorite would be a '56, but I have only seen 2 of them in the last 30 years!
Questions:
What size tires were original to the Packard? The car currently has 235/75x15s
Where can I get rubber door and trunk seals, as this these are the only things needed fairly badly? Do they have to be custom made by someone like Wefco in Santa Monica, California?
Where can I get the proper carpet material, or have a correct set made up?
Comments: This is a NW US car, and it only has about 60,000 original miles. The only body damage is right at the point the driver's side rear skirt attaches, hence the skirts sitting in the trunk.
Paint is slightly faded with some minor chipping and down to the primer in some small sports, interior is near mint original.
I'm the 5th owner. The motor was rebuilt 2 owners/about 10 years ago.
Thanks all in adavance for your help.
PS: Will probably have some spares as soon as I get to sort out what is in the trunk, which includes a lot of old club magazines, small parts, etc...
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My car's ('56 Packard Patrician) info is now on the register list here.
My area of expertise is oddball Italian sports-racing cars, Alfas, Fiats, and Lancias from the 1930s though the 1960s. I am considered one of the world's experts on Italian sports car auto racing history. I know something about 50s American cars, but am FAR from an expert.
This is my first big American car, and first American car in at least 20 years. My last American car was a 1970 Pontiac Trans-Am Ram Air V (nope, don't still have it, sold it around 1978)
I am also trying to find a big "needs nothing" Nash Ambassador, as Pininfarina, and Italian company, designed the bodies from circa 1952 through 1956. My favorite would be a '56, but I have only seen 2 of them in the last 30 years!
Questions:
What size tires were original to the Packard? The car currently has 235/75x15s
Where can I get rubber door and trunk seals, as this these are the only things needed fairly badly? Do they have to be custom made by someone like Wefco in Santa Monica, California?
Where can I get the proper carpet material, or have a correct set made up?
Comments: This is a NW US car, and it only has about 60,000 original miles. The only body damage is right at the point the driver's side rear skirt attaches, hence the skirts sitting in the trunk.
Paint is slightly faded with some minor chipping and down to the primer in some small sports, interior is near mint original.
I'm the 5th owner. The motor was rebuilt 2 owners/about 10 years ago.
Thanks all in adavance for your help.
PS: Will probably have some spares as soon as I get to sort out what is in the trunk, which includes a lot of old club magazines, small parts, etc...
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