Re: 51 327 4 barrel intake
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/125310950718? ... WCis245sraPYaAogNEALw_wcB
Four bbl intake and exhaust. $199 + $100 + tax brings it home.
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Re: Numbers on my 1950 series 23
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So much for confidential body bits.
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Posted on: 5/17 11:28
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Re: Fuel Tank Interchange - 1947 Packard Custom Super Clipper
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Don't forget to kick Wat in his @$$ to keep him motivated.
Posted on: 5/17 11:20
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Re: Should I Make the Trade?
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I'm keeping the girls (Road Glide and Softail Standard).
Posted on: 5/16 17:07
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Re: Should I Make the Trade?
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Not sure evern where you are or if this would hurt or help, but here's a '55 400 2 door in IN that looks maybe kinda reasonable:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/i ... 17-43d5-8985-679123d831d3
Posted on: 5/16 3:53
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Re: Various CL Pickings
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He did. Too bad it was to the left side of the price. ;)
Posted on: 5/14 19:40
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Re: Temp Gauge
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My Deluxe is a 25 footer, give or take. Boring Black.
My big coupe is the exact same shade. I'm looking to find out who makes something that matches Cavalier Maroon Metallic, hence the question. Still a damned fine looking car.
Posted on: 5/14 19:37
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The former owner of my '46 Deluxe installed an aftermarket temp gauge, too - and a 195* t-stat. So far, it has yet to register over 195.
Good looking car. Did you have it repainted?
Posted on: 5/14 12:32
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Re: 1940 Packard 180 petronix
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Christopher was brought in to make the 120 a success. He was a manufacturing guy. I said that already. Gilman has some vision. He got the Clipper (based largely on the successful 120) to market, and that was a rousing success and positioned Packard where it needed to be to enter the post-war period. You could say that WW2 hurt Packard as much as anything. BTW, they made 1.2% on PT boat and Merlin engines. Christopher would have been fine as VP of operations to keep things efficient and economical. Too bad that Gilman couldn't keep it in his pants, so Old Man Macauley canned him and promoted Christopher a notch (or two) above his abilities, which is the definition of the Peter Principle that I was taught. My previous post mentions what he could/should have done. He didn't. He gets credit for keeping a lid on spending and that's about it. So the board canned him with the Old Man's blessing and then promoted their long-time bean counter when they desperately needed a leader with vision and cojones. They farted around 2 years in hiring Nance, who might have made a difference. They sank the ship in buying Studebaker without doing their due diligence. Christopher was in over his head as president. He was retired when he was hired by Packard, and he went back to his Ohio farm when he was cut loose. I think he knew he was in over his head and he acted out of fear - fear to spend a nickel and to take a chance - fear of failure. Additionally, he was a blowhard about how much they would/could produce after the war. He failed to deliver - not all his fault, but it was his promise. I still blame Alvan, but I could be wrong. I've been wrong before, and it didn't hurt all that badly.
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