1. Gulfport Mississippi. owned by Todd's dad first then inherited by him.
2.sold to a limo company (fort worth, then to the current owner (michigan).
3. sold to current owner, went to houston texas
4. supposedly went to PA, not found yet.

i live in fort worth texas.

Has anyone seen this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAqPMJFaEdY

Sounds right to me, the springs were originally wrapped in something like burlap or coarsely woven canvas and then covered with the steel covers which are there to keep the dirt out and the lubricant in. They get lubricated via the Bijur system simply by some of the oil from the shackles running down the underside of the main leaf and into the spring. No other lubrication should be necessary, though the springs were originally packed with lubricant when assembled as new. If you diassembled them before installing and put them together dry, then I'd use an oil can and some 50-weight oil and try to get some oil into them thru small openings in the gaiters.

The ride quality may be a bit harsher with the 7-passenger springs on a 5-passenger car, but perhaps with your use of the car it's just as well.

With the running gear of your car apparently so neglected over the years, have you checked the shock absorbers? If allowed to run dry of hydraulic oil for much time internal damage will occur which is VERY expensive to repair. For many years I've used Mobil's Hydraulic Oil DT24 (SAE10) to refill them, or if they leaked just a bit, DTE-25 (SAE20). Drop the link, fill to the bottom of the fill plug, and work the arm up and down to expell any air and until you feel uniform resistance throughout the movement. You could also use hydraulic jack oil.

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1956 Patrician named Dolly (found, owned by Todd Stennis)
1937 Packard 138CD on stretched 120 Chassis (FOUND, owned by Lawrence Dolan)
1947 Clipper (found, owned by Mike Rigsby)
1956 Pink and White 400 (not found, any information is appreciated.

How far from home did these cars get with their new owners?????? Do u know how many different owners had these cars between the time u lost track of them and when they reappeared???

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You seem to be progressing rather fast; you must be including a year of test driving around your area before the big trip.

I sure did like the movie CARS - in fact my wife collects the diecast toy cars from the movie, has over 120 of them.

What I like about those lost towns is all the architecture; some of the cool art-deco and kitschy buildings are still there.

Trivia - there was supposed to be a Packard in the movie; the town Mayor, scan from "The Art of Cars" book is attached.

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The springs are from a 34' Standard, a limo I believe. They have 11 leafs compared to the 10 on mine.

I put them straight on, they are nicely firm and level. The came equipped with gaiters, a light metal covering crimped over with a 'cloth' wrapped around the leafs underneath.

Should these leafs be lubed? I have several different opinions on this.

Pat.

alittle bit more tonight. didn't get much done because i spent most of the time trying to get the cushions and bumpers into there respected holes. then trying to mount the torsion motor without scratching much was a bit of a pain and i still scratched a couple of places. nothing a bit of touch up paint can't handle.

i haven't bolted it all down all the way and the control box is just setting on the top of the frame as i have not cleaned all the bolts and nuts for that stuff. i scratched the crap out of the control box so i am going to repaint it, even though it is only the top of it that is scratched and wont be seen....i will know about it and it will bother me.

also i lost the two o-ring style seals that go on the small torsion bars before the bearing/bushing thing....i have the bag...but no part...i must have lost them somewhere...so i ordered 2 new ones...10 bucks down the drain and you know i will find them again one day. dang!

enjoy the pics, more to come, since i am back in the garage for awhile again.

Later,

Hank

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I grew up in the High Desert of Calif, and the remains of Route 66 ran though my town. So I know the remains of it are pretty fragmented. 66 went from little town to little town following the topography of the local area. When they built the interstate system of I-15 in Calif and I-40 across the country, this pretty much drew a straight line bypassing a lot of these little towns (aka the plot of the Disney Movie "Cars"). So coming down the I-15 from Nevada to Calif across the Mojave desert, you will see that the 66 cross the interstate then meanders into the mountains, then eventually back across the 15, and sometime they are the same road. There are also orphan sections of road that really go nowhere anymore. So I will plan it out and work in as many appropriate side trips as I can. There are some great little towns out there that the traveling masses just pass on my at 80mph. One of my favorite little towns is Oatman, AZ (near Bullhead City/Laughlin, NV). Basically an old mining town in the foothills, and now tourist ghost town. Route 66 literally runs right down the middle of this little one street town. There are wild mules/donkeys that roam around. A great piece of Americana that is missed by the folks traveling I-40 10 miles away.

It would probably take the trip in the spring while the temps are still comfortable in the desert sections. But that is still at least 2 years away.

It's amazing the number of "rare" cars there are available when you go looking for them. And a lot of other things too I imagine.

The internet makes a huge difference in finding all kinds of things. Not that they weren't out there all the time. But now you can find them with a few mouse clicks.

A light car with a big high torque engine can spin the higher gear. The same car with a smaller engine can't. Likewise, the same engine in a heavy car has no power to spare and needs the help of lower gearing.

The Clipper Deluxe would have more relaxed high speed cruising and a tad better mileage thanks to the higher gearing.

It's really a matter of weight and how much power you have to move it. I bet you find the standard Clipper and the heavy models have about the same power to weight ratio while the Clipper Deluxe has more horsepower and more torque per pound of weight.