I'll make the photos tomorrow and post them.

MKOT

Thanks for the suggestions. Sounds sound. :)

MKOT

Looking for a little advice from our talent here. I have dissassembled the dash clock on my 1807. It keeps excellent time, but looks a little faded by the sun. Ordered some plastic numbers from Max Merritt for both the clock and the speedometer before tearing the clock down. (Lesson there.) When I took it apart last night, one of the rings has a silver painted (?) backing which dropped about 1/3 of the paint in flakes immediately. Holding it up to light, you can see that this would affect the appearance of the indirect lighting.

Anyone know what paint is used on this backing?

Martin K. O'Toole

I see we are likely to see 15% Ethanol gasoline shortly. Any thoughts on how this will affect Packards? I see the news is worried about destroying older catalytic converters. How about older seals, rubber, etc.? Is this a real concern?

Martin K. O'Toole
Marietta, Georgia

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FWIW department. Here's a 1940 1807 rear sans Packard script with trunk rack. It was delivered on November 1, 1939.

Martin K. O'Toole
Marietta, Georgia

Opphs. Looked a second time and I will go with the 180. I misread the hood ornament.

MKOT

While I would not hold myself out as any expert, but it looks like a 1940 160 extended wheelbase - possibly a seven passenger touring sedan? I base this on the window cranks for the back windows which pivot out on the shorter wheel base. The hood ornament appears to be the 160 instead of the 180. So, guess a body style of 1371?

Of course, it could be the 180 touring car 1351 with a replaced hood ornament?

Martin K. O'Toole
Marietta, Georgia.

You know, I think I was told that by D. F. McClelland of teh Dallas, Texas area back in the 1970s. He was a former Canadian Mountie and had a wonderful knowledge of Packards. Anyone know if he is he still with us?

Martin K. O'Toole
Marietta, Georgia

I don't know if this is true or not, but I was told that Hitler actually had only one car titled in his name. The rest were owned by the Nazi Party or the German state. Supposedly, the one he actually owned was a gift. In 1945 in was in Holland. It was taken to some some town in Kentucky after the war by an enterprising GI (Pikeville seems to stick in my mind) and displayed at a VFW hall where it was thought to have been owned by Himmler.

The VFW needed dough in the 1970s or so, and sold the car thinking it was just gas the it actually was Himmler's. Mercedes eventually confirmed it as not Himmler's but Hitler's. The car has sold several times and gets a writeup in the mass media when it does. The Texan telling the story states that the engine numbers and the body numbers are all confirmed by Mercedes.

FWIW.

Martin K. O'Toole