Thanks Owen, I'll send you a PM. I know it's Hirsch, I do stereo stuff too and sometimes het Klipsch on the brain...or maybe it was my spell checker.

It's looking like the Wilton is the way to go if I can find a darker blue or maybe I should look at grey.

I visited my car and it still is in primer. The right front fender was a mess, I kind of knew that but man. He took it to bare metal and it turns out it is 2 fenders made into one. I have 3 days of labor just in that one fender. The rest of the car is checking out ok though so I can be thankful for that.

It looks like this is as close as I can get for the arm rests. I guess it's better than the existing vinyl



The big question I have is on the carpet at this point. On the left is the sample I got from Kirsch. It seems coarser thread than the original. The right shows a color closer to the original and seems denser, but not as thick.



This is what came out of the car. It is actually a dark blue but the fibers seem very fine a tightly patterned.



The back of the original.

So, the guy working on my car said he thought the original might be hogs hair but Kirsch is suggesting Wilton 1 which they don't have but sent a the above sample which is Wilton II.

In talking with dad he thinks the Wilton with a pad will be fine.

Any suggestions?

Richie,

Congrats on your new car, it looks like a nice one. Can't wait to see some new pics

Tinpan

So a couple updates...

Got my samples from Kirsch for the rear arm rests



The one on the right appears closest, the lighting is different between the two photos so it actually looks pretty close. I'll be able to tell more when I take these swatches over to the car.

I have carpet samples coming as well. I was told to ask for hogs hair but Kirsch's is telling me that I want Wilton I or the Wilton II they have in blue. I'll need to figure that one out.

I spoke with Grain it and they have a couple of the blanks left from packardplastic.com. It looks like I can get a dash for $1.8k to $2.5k. the difference is whether they paint it or grain it. I was a little confused as to how they would grain it but I'm still deciding on whether I do that or not. I'll follow up if I decide to proceed with the plastic dash. I can always do it later. Anyway, this pricing is better than where I was before and i could actually envision doing it now.

Thanks for the advice. I couple of updates are as follows:

1) was able to locate the missing gas tank, yay, that saved a little coin.
2) Couldn't locate the missing glass
3) Couldn't locate the missing telephone style clock and speedometer. I have the one from the 110/120 I can use.

I think I am going to go with black paint since it's the original color. If the car had been blue then I would have been more inclined to paint it blue..

I have some samples coming from Hirsch to see how close I can get to the original material to fix the arm rests in the back seat.

All in all I am very happy with only missing the few pieces, since the car was in boxes when I got it. I do plan on driving this a bunch so maybe I'll talk to my shop about the marker lights again. See what he thinks.

I was planning on using the same ratty carpet that came with the car but now I am re-thinking that decision. Th rest of the interior is cleaning up nicely and it might be a good idea to put the correct carpet it. It's not in the budget but...

50 in Cal

Kind of far away, but if the other one falls through, this might have potential

48 Touring

Hi Ritchie, here's another nice one.

One good thing for you is that there are a lot of cars not selling, so you can afford to be a little picky and wait for the right car you want.

At one point in my life I would have only looked at Custom Eights, being the top of the line car in those years. As I started reading Neal's book I began to appreciate the Super Eights AND the standard line. Reading through the different models Packard offered in these years is a real mind bender.

Years ago there was a museum near here that had a couple cars for sale, one was a 41 Super Clipper I could have purchased for around $10k.
41 Super Clipper
I thought this was one of the prettiest cars i had ever seen. Green with a light tan interior. Instead, I bought a 55 400 that I began restoration on and ended up unloading it after my divorce. Doh!!

The other was a 49 Golden Anniversary Standard or Deluxe Eight Club sedan he had that I could have purchased for $500. It was pretty rough with a bunch of surface rust on the body and a bunch of dust in the interior. You could, however, see the gold paint and the original interior which was was really pretty when the car was built. That color combination plus the car just looked squat and kind of broad, really appealed to me. Years later I went back to find that car and it was gone so I ended up with the Deluxe Eight Club Sedan I have now.

It's a great time to be buying a car, you'll know the right car when you see it.

Packard book
That is a great book, I ordered mine from Dwight and got it pretty quickly.

He did the one on the blue limo pictured above. He quoted me a $10k price...that is definitely not in the budget.

Oh I see, you are talking about this one

the other 1950 Packard

Looks like a nice car, that interior though. I don;t think it'll bring anywhere near that money.

I'd hold off for a nicer car for that kind of money