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Maybe a dumb question, but have you tested the starter? If you're using 00 cables, most 6 volt batteries shouldn't give you much trouble. Maybe the starter itself is going bad? Just a thought.
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That's gonna' be a remarkable sale. He had some amazingly rare stuff. It's a great conversation piece, but without knowing what it fits or what kind of shape it's in, really just a good conversation starter.
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I think it's the same situation that we've had with old tires in the last few years - the manufacturer may be out, but stock is sitting in distributors warehouses, so different stores may be able to get them whereas others cannot. I couldn't get a tube for my car from Coker about a year ago, Lucas had them, and Lucas gets the tubes from Coker!
I'm still running a conventional battery but would like to switch to an Optima, ran them in most of my muscle cars and liked them a lot. Question is, does the 6 volt red top Optima fit inside the smallish battery box of a '27 - '29 Packard? There's not a lot of room in there.
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Thanks! Found it! Excellent article, answers all the questions. Talked to a nice lady at LaVine Restorations yesterday, she said someone would call me back about making a plate - hopefully they will. Max Merritt has been a big dud for me - I talk to them and ask about parts, they tell me they're going to go hunt for the parts, and never call me back - FOUR times now that's happened with them in the last two years. Not crazy stuff either, just stuff like oil pan gaskets, a brake rod, things like that. Very frustrating. Anyway, mystery solved, the "1" was used up until 1933, when it was replaced with the "I". So, that's that. Thanks everybody!
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From that photo, difficult to say. Definitely aftermarket, I don't believe Packard ever offered anything as exotic as a finned aluminum head. Very cool looking.
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Thanks Greg! I'll see if I can find that - I should have it if the wife didn't throw it out!
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Another vote for POR-15, it's not super cheap but I've used it on several cars and the stuff seems really bulletproof.
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Appreciate the input, I'll try and find them. My guy told me this tag was also a fake. It's on the rock solid survivor car that's for sale on the web now. Wish I had enough money to buy this car, really sharp time capsule '27 sedan.
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That's exactly what I was seeing. That blueprint shows the plate they started using in 1933 and that's when I start seeing the "I" instead of a "1". I was getting argued down about that and that the plate on a '29 should be brass. Technically they are, but they're nickel plated so a correct repro would be silver, not shiny brass. Showed him photos of this plate on a '29 640 I couldn't get bought, know this car to be original other than a bad yellow 1960s repaint, and he told me this tag was fake. This tag is definitely NOT a fake. Thanks much! Who reproduces these things?? Attach file: 20210504_145616.jpg (373.41 KB)
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I don't have the "original" - therein lies my problem. My car is wearing apparently a very old reproduction or a later 1930's unstamped original that somebody stamped probably in the 1960s. The car was brush painted tan sometime in the early 1960s and put back on the road for a short time, I assume it was done then. She was parked for quite a long time before the restoration of 1999/2000.
On the plus side, the ID plate on the firewall does match the engine number, so, I suppose that's why they stamped that at least the way they did.
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