Joel,

Thanks for the clarification about the carpets as I never knew that 55 and 56's are different from each other.

51 Packardguy: A big welcome to you from a fellow high pockets owner. I have a 1953 300 series. Here are a few pictures of my Packard in the garage up on jackstands.


John F. Shireman

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Eric: I work at the Kentucky Camry/Avalon/Solara plant, (we also build the Camry Hybrid) and I own 2 56 Patricians. We all are enjoying your engine photos here, thanks! HP

Wrong color but NICE!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Packard-Convertible-79066762_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6389QQihZ012QQitemZ220138764886QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

I am enjoying your reports on the Clipper. I have a lot of memories of our family's Clipper. It served us well for several years but I think the Ultramatic went out on it and it had some ugly front end damage. It sat around for a few years and dad decided to scrap it. We towed it with a chain several miles from our home in Osceola to a recycler in Elkhart, IN. They weighed it and gave dad some cash. We towed it near a very large pile of cars near a shredder. The guy got off the crane and said where to put it. He got back in the crane and dropped the big magnet on the roof. The Clipper flew slowly to the top of the pile and was dropped there. I was probably about 10 years old and had never seen a car that had safely carried us all for so many years end up like that. Never will forget seeing it sitting there on that pile as we drove away. Still feel guilty about it all because it was a good reliable car for so many years. Dad had a lot of cars that came and went but that one was one of the best. Glad yours was lucky enough to end up with you! HP

I can't help with any values, but welcome to the Best Damn Packard Site Just kidding, all the Packard sites have value to offer and you should look at all of them and refresh them constantly. We are all willing to help as are the other Packard forums.

Link to photos of '38 & '41 below

http://picasaweb.google.com/ozstatman/From38To41

Glenn,

Looks like a good basis to start with - appears to pretty well be all there. Good luck with the project.

51Packardguy,

I second Ron's welcome. There are a lot of people here willing to give advice and the value of their experiences with their Packards.

The first pics, before I moved it

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