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My pleasure! It's great to see the progress you're making!
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Congrats, Kev!
Posted on: 2011/1/8 22:08
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Good luck on Saturday, then.
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Kev - I don't know if it still applies, but it used to be in Calif. that any law enforcement officer could verify the car. If you have a friend in law enforcement... A CHP officer, maybe... Doug
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You're welcome!
Good luck!!
Posted on: 2010/10/26 6:32
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Kev -
Great progress! I was a tiny bit apprehensive about the tranny, but my repairs appear to have withstood the test of time. Doug
Posted on: 2010/10/15 11:38
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Kevin -
Check the shift linkage to be sure that the shift lever in the tranny is able to go all the way into Park. It may be just a hair too short to let the pawl engage. Just a thought... Doug
Posted on: 2010/4/21 19:26
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Congratulations Kevin! It's a good feeling, isn't it?
Doug
Posted on: 2010/4/19 9:20
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Kev and Ozstatman,
The '58 went to Joe, too. Just not right away. He got it from me in the late '90s.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 16:33
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Great job on the '54, Kev!
When I had the car in the early 80's it was one of 6 Packards I had at the time. Four were post-war junior models: a '52, 2 '53s and your '54, as best as I can recall. One was a '58 hardtop. I got all running (to a "repaired" but not "restored" level) except one of the '53s. My real project car at the time was a 1940 120 sedan that I had picked up in New Mexico several years previously. I had started a long-term frame-off restoration on it. As you mentioned, I had a repair shop back then and a mail-order old-car parts business. During that time I was especially interested in Packard parts. As a result, I had accummulated several rebuild kits for UltraMatic trannies. I bought enough clutch discs to rebuild the trannies for three of the post-war cars, including the one you now own. Hopefully the years have not been too unkind to it and it will still operate for you. I see that the pan had some goo in it, but no metal. That should be a good thing... I think it's likely that the person you bought the car from actually drove it to the storage yard where you picked it up. When I closed my parts business, I liquidated all the cars I had as well, except the '58. Most went back to the fellow whose name I gave you on the phone. The '40 went to another fellow in Northern California whose father had once owned one. He got it with the frame, engine and transmission mostly done and the sheetmetal still off the frame. Keep up the good work! Doug
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