Mal, it's great to see that you are prepared to put your nuts on the line to restore a Packard!

OK - I know it was obvious, but someone had to say it!

Hi Mal,

Just wanted to confirm that I will be dropping by tomorrow (prob late morning) with the 34 gearbox for Wade... that is if I am able to lift it into the car... and to pick up those rear leaf packs.

Might see what is happening for lunch?

Cheers

Snapey

Is there no room for a wheel well (lay down or upright) in the tray then?

Looks like a great project Todd - I'll be following along with interest.

Got a laugh out of the photos of your two helpers - I wonder where the majority of that 50 years experience is?

Sad news about Helen - too many funerals lately...

As for the Aussie 6 Speedster pics, thank you Mal - these are pretty important snaps of a car I am not familiar with and the series of photos tell such a wonderful story. With your permision might I post them on some other web sites asking for more information? Also I think it would be wonderful if you would be able to get some high quality scans of these photos. To much history has already been lost by such information being discarded by later generations that may not fully appreciate it's importance in years to come.

ROFLMAO!

The Avatar is curtesy of Guscha - and with my thanks. Although I am tempted to pinch the 'Snoopy - WW1 Flying Ace' pic and use it instead. I was a huge Peanuts fan as a kid and had the nickname Snoopy for many years.

Using a 10 tonne hydraulic puller and some gentle persuasion from a soft face hammer on the sides of the hub moved both of mine quite effectively, but both waited until I had turned my back to reach for a bigger hammer before going off with a loud and quite pleasing 'bang'. YES, put the nut on and NO don't stand in front of it!

It sounds like Nightwatch Blue will be an easy equivalent to access so will give that a try. Thanks again to you all.

Just some photos of some of the recent work as previously described, plus a few of some recent purchases. Last weekend the wife and I spent two days with my folks for fathers day. Saturday was the Cootamundra Sprint Meeting - a 1/4 mile standing start event run by the Vintage Sporting Car Club at the Cootamundra Airport. Cootamundra is a smallish town (about 4500 people) about 4.5 hours drive west of Sydney. It's biggest claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of Sir Donald Bradman, the famous Australian cricketeer.

I have included some photos of our car (the red Amilcar Willys #21) and some of the others that were out to play on what was an absolutely glorious day of motoring sport.

On Sunday it was back to Cootamundra for the annual swap meet. I dare say it is not quite as big as Hershey - but it has it's share of characters and many interesting bits and pieces - although very little (read none) Packard and it is dominated by the two big makers in Australia, Holden and Ford. I did manage to pick up a nice set of headlamps for the Biposto, which I can use if nothing more appropriate turns up, for a resonable price. I was surprised when I got them home to find that as well as the coloured jewels there were two brass fittings that I assume act as 'blanks'? Each seems to have a wad of fabric or cord stuffed into it - would anyone know what this is? The man told me they were off a late 20's or early 30's Studebaker - would this be correct?

Also I have purchased a few Stromberg 97 carbs via eBay of late. The chrome one was used as a desk lamp for 20 odd years and my intension was to use it on the car, but now I've seen it I think I'll keep it as a lamp - at least for the time being...

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