I was just on the Hirsch website and in the drop-down box under Engine Enamel Quart they list Packard; Bronze, Green, Ivory, Gray, Red, and Turquoise. $33.00 a quart. I'm going to need a quart of Gray myself.

Kev,

I may have a can of Gray (never opened) at home that my father had bought years back. I will check and see this afternoon.

How long does paint last if can was never opened?

I was looking on the Bill Hirsch website and could have sworn at one time they carried Packard Gray Engine paint that was used on the 51-54 288/327.

All I could find was the Green. Does anyone have a source for this paint or another hi-temp gray that is very close?

Ian: Congradulations on the purchase of the Packard. As I live in Pennsylvania, were in Pennsylvania did you purchase your Packard.

You stated that your Packard is 1507 Club Sedan. The car has a wheel base of 139 inch wheel base. The body style number of your Packard is 1036. Your Packard cost $3,560 brand new, with a shipping weight of 5,520 lbs.

Ihave been a Packard fan for along time and a 1953 Packard owner, however I have a great love of pre-war Packards. When you get your car running you will certainly experience a feeling, few people have the pleasure of doing. Riding in a V12 powered Packard is something that I have done twice in the past.

Here is a picture that I took last weekend, that will show you the beaty of a restored Packard V12 engine.

John F. Shireman

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Hi, Stapletonscar,

Thank you for your post! You and the others on this forum sure have made me feel welcome!
Since you may be able to help with some history on my car, I'd like to get in touch with you, if you don't mind.
I can give you some more details about the car.
I just sent you a private message with my e-mail, etc.
Please take a look.
Regards
Ian

Ian:
Congrats on the find! I am just south of Seattle, and have a friend Roy, who had Seattle Packard (the restoration shop, not the dealership) for several years. We are getting together this weekend to take my 47 Clipper to show up the RR owners club, I'll print your pic and info and see if he knows anything about the car. He's an amazing source of info on things Packard in the Seattle area. See: "At the State Capitol" in recent photos for my Custom Super Eigth. I think a guy by tne name of David Moe has bought out the inventory that Roy had,and is using Packard Seattle, or something like that as a website, I'll see if I can found out more about that for you, too
Good luck--love to hear those 12's purr.

Ian, welcome to THE forum. What a great project. I am a V8 owner but appreciate all years of Packards. Start a blog to document your progress. Others will be able to learn from your experiences.

Hey, guys

I just want to say a big thank you for the nice welcome. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions to ask over the next few years as I restore this beauty. My hope is to eventually have something I can drive fairly regularly during the summer.

Ian

Keith, It DOES mean something in the context of discussing the replacement of the Packard oil pump. Everyone interested in this problem knows what it means. Talking about different pumps and which one we are referring to only muddies the waters. When I say 56 400 everyone knows what I mean - I don't have to say model 5687 Packard 400 hardtop which is missing the B pillar every time I refer to my car. Whoops, I called it a car and everyone who knows me knows that I always refer to it as an automobile. It is not just a car. My Caribbean was supposed to be delivered this evening - they haven't gotten here and now my cellphone has gone on the fritz. I knew all my good luck couldn't last.

Joel -

The sample of material arrived in today's mail. It is even more telling than the pic. The original vinyl covering on the Caribbean Hardtop must have been a real thing of beauty - nothing I have seen on other Hardtops comes close.

While the grain of the material currently installed on my Hardtop shares some similarity, it is much larger/coarse - clearly not authentic (including the underpadding).

While I feel better about displaying the car with its current leather-grained top, I do intend as part of the "rolling restoration" of this car.

With this sample, perhaps I can find a closer match, and will report back here when I do.