1930 and 1931 bodies don't have that issue as metal covered the wood side rails...but still had the rubberized black fabric in the center.

A little brain teaser here..

I have two 526/s coupe and sedan
Looking at color schemes for 1928 and 1929. 126 inch w/b
For those who have either series, the material for the roof it is a type of rubberized material usually seen as black and streched and tacked onto the upper side rails

I say normally black becaue the upper body is black but in both Salesmans Fact books for the following paint schemes for 1928/1929 say the roof color is the same as the upper body color . However in standard paint schemes 1928 and 1929 where the upper body is.EA(Highland Green)KB (Copra Drab)N,(Killarney Gray) it says the roof is one of the above colors. Evidently to match the upper body color.

1) Did they paint that rubberized material in the colors above or order it from some vendor. Surely they wouldnt have used a nitro lacquer because of the flex and cracking with time.

attached is a factory photo of a 626 from our archives. Even though it is a black and white photo, you cant tell it matches the upper body color by the shading.

Your thoughts..

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Ray..dont have chips but i have all the painting schemes for the 526/533..body colors paint stripe colors moudling colors etc if interested

The chassis,transmission number, rear diff, frame, motor and front spring pads..alll have numbers on them..they may be close to one another but will be diffeent.

yeah but did ya store it in a gasoline holding tank hahahahah

Packar being restored after 50 years...once owned by the Stranahan family of Champion Spark Plug fame...
Reported by the Toledo Blade this past sunday

here is the link.

http://www.toledoblade.com/Automotive/2011/05/25/Sedan-steeped-in-local-lore-out-of-vault-into-restoration.html

Merritt doesnt have them called them today. thanks

does anybody know who makes repro or has an orginal for the Tailight licesne lens..(curved rectangular glass) for 1930/31 thanks

After being in on Anna Maria Island and Ruskin Fla for the winter..which was darn cold this year. I went out to start the 37 115....I was holding my breath since solving the timing problems...after several cranks from sitting..my baby fired right up..YESS Im good to go..now to turn my attention to the brakes..must have a leak in one of the cyclders or perhaps other issues.Minor compared to the mind bending issue of timing..hahah

I have a visitor here from Melbourne Australia, of the Vintage Drivers Club in Melbourne..owner of a 1924 Fiat.
Having a great time..went to Gilmores Museum in Hickory Corners Michigan and the ACD museum over in Auburn.
His name is Constantine Mandylas..He has asked me to join him on his journed in a T from Melbourne to Moscow in 2012
Better get permission from the powers to be like Mama DEE (wife) hahahaha

He helped me today moving a 526 engine for preping it to send to my fellow buddy Theo Deleeuw in NZ whose block is cracked and unrepaiarlbe after having restored a very nice 526 Phaeton...Brother Theo now owes the Yank ..BIG TIME hahah

Our dreams

Evening Bro's!!!

It is quiet tonight in Lake Wales Florida as I contemplate my own dreams...hmmm. We are staying with our neighbors who live in one of these so called 'gated communities' for retiree's...I find it totally boring...Now don't get me wrong, for some this is their idea of retirement living in double wides doing daily walks, going to excercise classes etc. Oh yes, i've been to the shuffle board courts, engaging in card games such as bridge, euchre and pinnocle.
But it is NOT the same as being with your friends in the old car movement,.,Now dont get me wrong, the folks are pleasant and very nice..but this just doesn't fit my lifestyle.

My Dad who is now deceased concurred with me..He said "I want to be sujrrounded by my children, to hear the sound of babies crying. or to be with his grandaughters and sons fishing.
Perhaps he is right in that regards..a continuation of the celebration of life even as we age.

but anyway' today I called on an old friend that lives in this community whom i havent seen in 30 years. A Weeb and Mary Austin of Salamanca NY. He is now in his late 70's He has been through a bout of brain cancer and now heart issues and in a rehabilitaion center in Winterhaven area.

Weber owned a newpaper called the Salamanca Press founded by his great great gradfather in 1867, Weeb is a 'pure gentleman.

In 1984 Dee and I decided to take a windjammer cruise off the coast of Maine on a schooner called the "Issac Evans' out of Rockland MaINE Both Weeb and Mary were passengers whom we met. To cut a long story short, on the third day out we were hit with a squall while tacking rsulting in a complete knockdown and sinking of the vesssel in the Atlantic. All 19 passengers and a crew of four floated in the friged 'reach' for over an hour. Helicopters were dispatched from Boston
but we were saved by the local residents in the traditional Mainer or Downeaster style which they are noted for.

Today Weeb and I talked about that day. He said it changed his life...shortly after the accident he said he sold his interest in the newspaper and embarked on fullfilling his life long dream. He and Mary purchased a Grampian 28 sailboat and sailed upp the St. Lawrence Seaway and down along the eastern coast of the US via the Inter Coastal water way. The journey was a casual one and they took a year. This was his dream which he full filled.

I then told him of mine.... a world tour in my vintage Packard. or at least a partial world tour of Europe Africa and Oz.

I then indicated that maybe I'm perhasps a bit old to embark on such a venture at 61, He sat up slowly in his bed and said....So what?? Age should have nothing to do with it if your in bascially good health.. He said " many people in life have dreams but are afraid to take the initiative to fullfill those dreams...."

ON Sunday, we will be heading over to the Tampa Bay area to stay with my wife's sister. There are several auto museums which i plan on visiting along with walking the beach and surf which i love. I do know there is a Packard chapter in the Tampa Sarasota area..and I try and contact a few of the members