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This car sold this afternoon for a winning bod of $13.5K, which seems reasonable.

William Christopher choked the company on those cars.

It's been a busy last several weeks. The new job is going along swimmingly - they haven't second-guessed me yet. I hardly know how to act. Everything here is a matter of settling into the New Equilibrium.

I'm too far away from almost all of my projects. I find this annoying, but then again, my energy level on days off has been sapped somewhat, like as not because of adjusting. So it goes. But I do miss being micromanaged by Fred.

Haven't been able to get my hands on that parts car I've been watching. Finally heard back from them yesterday - first time in weeks. Getting rid of the car isn't a priority, apparently, so I reckon that my getting it shouldn't be, either. It'll happen when it does and not one second sooner. Still looking for a LWB Clipper driver's side front fender among other things.

Meanwhile, the relentless quest for spare parts and salvaging tidbits that can be used continues unabated . . . .

Good luck with it.


I'm not exactly setting the world on fire with any of mine, either. Life has intervened for the moment. But I keep waking up mornings, so there's that.

And have a couple of good blocks of wood for wheel chocks and to place under the jack in case the arm won't quite get the tire far enough off the ground and out of the fender well for removal.

You have to give the 526 credit for not having drooping door handles.

Yes, of course. Silly me.

That's odd. My '46 and '47s have that through-the-firewall coil arrangement with the hot wire connecting to the coil's bottom behind the dash. Can't say for sure about my pre-war Clippers. I just don't recall.


That bracket near the distributor reminds me of the 22/23 series cars.


In either case, it seems to me that I read somewhere that coils should be mounted upright for best performance. When I changed the one on my '46, I did just that.

There are a couple of sets of spare wheels in Fred's hayhouse/auto shop if you're anywhere near south central KY.

Packard Club has an ad up for a 1947 2103 maroon sedan out of long-term storage for $14K. Says it needs a good going through but is "priced accordingly." Wat's Wager: it could be gotten for a fair bit less.
It's in CA and I'm not going this month. Next, either.


Funny, there was one last fall for $9K in the same condition. That was the one that flipped twice. I suspect that it went to the last buyer for about 12 five. I saw that car and it looked decent.


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