Maybe some one will build either a straight eight powered snow-blower or go fer broke and do it up right with a Merlin.

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I have a number of other photographs I made today. The scanned images of the car were taken behind the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo in the early seventies.

The tarp over the car is custom made for the Formal. I also hold high hope that the engine is free looking at the dipstick. Not bad for twenty eight year old oil. The car was put away clean.

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I would like to thank everyone for their kind input. And thanks for the welcome mate.

There is other correspondence between Turnquist and the late owner of the car (I'll post it later if there is any interest) and he cites the SN. I find it very interesting that neither Turnquist or Enos Derham make any reference to car NOT being a Formal because it is a 2652.

So it looks there is now a third 1953 Derham Formal and with a white top no less.

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Glad you caught the 2652/53 thing. Certainly adds some more interest to the car. Derham said they converted twenty five for Packard and it has a Derham nameplate on the left front fender. Gotta love Curtiss Wright.

Kev,

The official count is twenty five of the 2653s at PAC. More importantly is Enos? Derham's hand written reply stating twenty five were done for the Packard factory and five or six for export.

I have also sent the information to PAC but no reply yet.

You have posted photographs of one, that's all I have been able to find online. So this maybe only the third Formal to survive. I plan on photographing the car tomorrow and hope to have images up by the end of the week.

No, this car has been in Buffalo its entire life. I plan on posting photographs of it tomorrow.

I am interested in registering a 1953 Packard Formal with Packard Information. My neighbor owns the car, she and her late husband owned three Packards, a 1937 120 convertible, she forgets what the second was, and the Formal. They decided to keep the Derham as it "was the most fun to drive". It has been garaged since 1981 with 54,133 miles on it. The car is complete, not missing any parts or trim. It has been sitting with a tarp over it for the twenty eight years, there is rust perforations through the left head light area, drivers door area and the trim is pitted. No rodent damage or collision damage.

Her late husband's mother was a Packard (cousin to James Ward and William) which was what motivated him to start collecting Packards. There is even a handwritten reply by Mr. (Enos?) Derham to the late owner regarding the Formals which I have attached.

1953 Packard Derham Formal
sn 2652 3149
engine sn L6xxxx6
Paint scheme X Trim Code 01
Ultramatic transmission, PS, PB, PSeats and windows, power antennae and signal seeking AM radio.


I plan on pulling the plugs tomorrow and see if the engine turns by hand and then proceed from there, checking the electrical with a six volt trickle charge and then six volt battery charger. If that checks out, I plan to get it started, pre-oiling and getting oil pressure before I try starting it. Of course the fuel tank and delivery will need to be cleaned out and checked out.

Could you please tell me how many other 1953 Formals have survived? I have only seen images of one restored Formal. This car will be put up for sale soon.

Thanking you in advance for any information you might have on the Formals.

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