Parts book states DI 850 is correct for 7th series standard 8 - 733 and 726. DH 695 is correct6 for 3rd, 4th and 5th series 6. I thought also suitable for 626 and 633 1929 Standard 8's but parts book doesn't mention this. DH 693 is for the larger 8's 6th and 7th series.

I need a pair of 1930 Model 745 Front fenders. I have a rough LHS so even a RHS would help. I do have what I believe is a pair of 903's to swap if necessary.

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Having read all the contributions to this thread, the most interesting is the notion of 3D printing, scanning and producing metal 3D printed parts. Can someone expand on this process. I need to remake the radiator filler neck on my 745/734. I have one but it's pot metal, falling apart and certainly beyond saving.

Nice looking car. Would be interesting to know the colours - even though I'm a long way from that!!

I have a complete 740 chassis - missing only a body. I am thinking I'd like a 5 passenger coupe body - condition not important, even just the panels behind the cowl would be OK. What do you have or know of?

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I am interested in the windshield frame mount.
Kean Thompson
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This is the 626 Speedster Prototype information I mentioned a couple of weeks ago in this thread. I have no idea as to the origin - it's something I have had in my Speedster folder for years. It's an interesting read - especially the reference to the speedsters built in 1927. As this was a folded brochure check the order of the text when reading.

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I have an interesting article about the prototypes. Will locate, scan and attach in a day or two.

No, not a member of PACA - was years ago. The 640 came from Canada and was LHD - now RHD and body is from 2 cars - front V Good, rear sad but copyable. Have other Packards including 645's, 740's, a 745 and a 734 Speedster Victoria -same as the one in the Nethercutt collection. Have a mass of 5th series 6 parts and 633 standard eight that I'd like to dispose of.

The 640 Phaeton wood will exactly fit a 633 Phaeton and a 443 phaeton. The only difference from the 1928 443 to the 6th series is that the firewall is flush on one and recessed on the 1929 6th series cars (necessary to squeeze the 8 cylinder engine in lieu of the former 6 cylinder in the SWB cars). The cowl wood and front doors is the same on all open cars to 6th series notwithstanding the different method of attaching the skins to the frame on the earler series where the skin was crimped over a flat piece of metal tacked to the wood on 3 sides. Packard used 2 different door pillars narrow and wide (SWB V LWB)so door pillar woood varies. Rear doors are different. SWB cars had a door that closed around the rear fender whereas the LWB had square rear doors with the wood being different. The rear bodies had minimal wood as most of the base is metal framed.

The 645 cars did not use Packard bodies - rather they were Dietrich and totally different to the 443,526,533,633 and 640 bodies (NOTE Packard did NOT offer a phaeton on the 626 other than the speedster of which none exist - that I know). I may be interested in some body wood for my 640 phaeton.

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