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My 1948-50 Packard convertible outer windshield stainless molding has a bunch of small dents in it from poor storage the car suffered long ago. I'm assuming this molding is different (lower) than the sedan model? I already have it off the car.
Posted on: 2015/6/30 22:09
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Re: "The Packard Experience" at the Gilmore
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I have to say though that whenever I see a 1932-34 Packard Eight or Super Eight with a painted radiator shell my first impression is that the owner is trying make his car look like a Twelve when it's not. What's worse is people chroming radiator shells, headlights and taillights on 1935-39 senior cars. I know a few did have it originally, but it just ruins the lines of the car.
Posted on: 2015/6/25 16:29
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You said it better than me.
Posted on: 2015/6/14 21:51
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"What made things so special back then?"
Many of the cars on that tour were very special when they were new. The 1934 Packard LeBaron speedster, the 1930 Packard 734 speedster, the Cadillac V 16 aerodynamic coupe, that Rolls roadster. Those cars screamed money when they were new, and the general public generally looked back fondly on them. They remembered you really had to be something to own one of those when they were new. People knew they represented quality and craftmanship. Remember the line from the 1950 movie Sunset Boulevard when Gloria Swanson laments new cars (of 1950) being made of nothing more than "chromium and spit." She was comparing these to her 1927 Issota Fraschini in her carriage house. A 1992 Cadillac doesn't look THAT much different from a 2015 Cadillac if you think about it, and it certainly doesn't scream quality and craftmanship, at least not to me. Most of the people on that tour in 1957 were not overly wealthy either. The Jepsons were average people who owned a small gas station in NJ. Look at the motels they stayed at. I bet most of those are in seedy parts of town now that we wouldn't even think about staying in. It's sad we can't have tours like that anymore.
Posted on: 2015/6/14 16:38
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I had heard about that. It was in the early 1960's and the car was a convertible sedan if I'm not mistaken.
Here's a video of a 1957 CARavan on you tube. If you look at the video :43 seconds in, you'll see Turnquist's 1938 Packard conv sedan sometime before the accident. At 1:40 there's another good shot of the car with Bob & Sunny waving at the camera. The fender lights are quite visible in this shot. There are several other 1935-37 Packards in the video and none of them have the fender lights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F5Fy72fmG8
Posted on: 2015/6/13 19:35
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I don't like fender lights on 1935 - 39 Packards either. Everyone adds them now, but when these cars were first "discovered" and collected back in the 1950's and 60's they never had them. Look at old CCCA magazines from the 1950's & 60's - you never saw fender lights on late 30's Packards. People started adding them in the 1980's, especially after the one well known Classic Car accessory makers started reproducing them. Yes, I know they were in the original accessory catalog (someone even posted a picture of it for me on here in a past thread), but very few of these cars had them originally. I have a 1937 Twelve, and believe me, my car will never ever have fender lights added to it. Sorry, but I don't like Trippe lights either. The factory accessory Road & Fog lights I do like however, as they do not look to big for the front of the car like Trippes do.
By the way, does anyone know if the blue victoria pictured above was owned by Charles Crawley / MBNA back in the early 2000's? They had one in the same colors.
Posted on: 2015/6/11 20:28
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Rollston delivery times were generally 4-6 months after contract. If the car was contracted for around 9/4/30, I'm sure it was completed well before July 1931. I'll admit the pelican looks a little out of place on that car. I think a goddess of speed would look better.
Posted on: 2015/6/10 19:18
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Tell us about the grey/blue 1931/32 roadster with the split windshield. Is that a custom body? I've never seen a split windshield on a Packard roadster. That must be a recently restored car as I've never seen it pictured anywhere before.
Posted on: 2015/6/9 20:22
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The Packard coupe with the rear of the body in unfinished aluminum was on the Chocolate Field at Hershey about 6 years ago. It is now owned by a Packard collector in Illinois and will be kept original.
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