There should definitely be a swap meet, but the schedule hasn't been released yet, as far as I can find, anyway. The registration form was supposed to be in the January issue of The Cormorant News Bulletin, but I just received my December issue here in Detroit yesterday, so things are running slightly behind. I'm sure the complete schedule will accompany the registration form.

Holy thread from 2009, Batman!

That poor Clipper! Were you expected to pay extra for that special custom hammered finish paint job?

I can't say that I've ever had a totally weird experience in any of my V8s, just the typical bumps in the road that just about any guy with an old car would face. It's certainly opened a lot of doors and allowed me to meet some really interesting people in the hobby!

Maybe the weirdest thing was the day in 1973 when my dad, his buddy, and I drove down from the Northeastern Lower Peninsula of Michigan to Detroit, and loaded up the 1955 Caribbean project car my parents helped me buy when I was 16.

The owner was middle-aged and still lived with his elderly mother. She looked to be in her 90s, still had a bit of a German accent, and was as sweet of an old lady as could be. However, it was obvious that they were cat hoarders and so their house, the car, and every box of spare parts we touched reeked of cat piss!

While we were loading the pickup and the trailer, she kindly brought out glasses of cold Vernor's ginger ale for us to drink on that hot August day. Once she was back inside though, my father whispered to me, "don't drink that" and told me to clandestinely go along side the garage and pour it out.

Very good people, though, both of them. I'm very grateful to her son for helping to make a teenager's Packard dream come true!

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Yes, I can do that, I do need to go over to the storage place and spend some quality time with the ol' girl anyway. I know that the interior quarter trim panels have been "messed with" at some point, if for no other reason than the fact that the chrome footman loops and the footman straps for holding down the top frame when it's in the lowered position are both missing from each side. The "why," however, is a complete mystery. For whatever reason, they left the footman loops intact on the top frame itself! Weird...

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My car is overdue for a new top, so maybe when it goes in for the installation I can look for modifications to the wiring and see what exactly they did.

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Not sure what to tell you there, but on my 1955 Caribbean, the rear bow mounted lamp absolutely does come on as a dome light. I've only owned this car for about four years, so who knows what modifications may have been done to it prior to my ownership.

I also have another 1955 Caribbean, but on that car the lamp has always been completely inoperable, so I have nothing really to compare it to.

By the way, that “rear reading light” already is a dome light. It’s supposed to come on when you open either of your doors. If it’s not simply a burned out bulb issue, then take Leeedy’s sound advice and just leave it be until the time comes for a new top.

Here is a close-up of the accessory bolt-on Packard wire wheel covers on Joel R.'s 1956 Caribbean convertible.

Thanks guys, I will check that out!

All of a sudden tonight I got a "Protector detects attacking actions" warning when I tried to comment on a post and include a photo, I used Graphic Converter for Mac to scale the photo down so it wouldn't be too big. Is this a common issue with the Apple Safari browser or something?

Speaking of hot messes on Facebook Marketplace, here is what started out as a 1952 Mayfair hardtop, but is now a Chevy LS powered hot rod cop car.facebook.com/share/18Ld4gJunH/?mibextid=79PoIi