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I returned from Oklahoma last week and picked up a car I bought almost a year ago. It took a year for the man to clear a route to the outside of a big building full of cars. It is a 1946 Custom Super Clipper LWB 8 Passenger Sedan.It was sold by Jordan Motors of San Diego California on 11-18-46. The anti theft number is 688462. It's mostly complete but it is missing a few items, of which I will post later in the for Wanted/For Sale forum. It has had it's engine replaced, but the original was beside the car. (was buried when I first looked at the car). The head on the engine in the car shows 327 Thunderbolt. and the casting date was in 1948. I will purchase the original motor and have it delivered by the end of the year. I have included a picture of a truck that is my shop tow vehicle. It is a 1954 F350 Express. This same truck was in the 1988 movie BeetleJuice and was driven my Micheal Keaton.

I also will be making my 1937 138CD blog a Don's Garage Blog as I have 5 packards, 2 Borgward Isabellas, and a 1954 Ford F350. But I will try to have my postings at least 90% on the Packards.

I will include this car in the owner database later today, As I know I will be prompted to by the Packardinfo Statesman from Oz.

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Don,
for including your "new" '46 Custom Super Clipper Eight Long WB Sedan in the Packard Owner's Registry.

Thank you for saving this jewel!

Hi Don 37

Glad another Packard found safe harbor with an appreciative owner. Looks to be a good solid car, good luck with its restoration.

By the way, your '54 Ford truck, except for color, reminds me of one I had contact with over forty years ago. That one belonged to the widow of the local Ford dealer, Bernice Tunningley. It was a big green bear of a rig, a real handful to drive and ride in, had a stump-puller low gear.

Steve