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Two Packards out of the Automobile Driving Museum (where I volunteered until last June) are up for sale.

1953 Patrician
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/5440716736.html

1940 120 Sedan
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/5429814158.html

Given how few details are mentioned in the ads, I'm not convinced the guy representing them for the museum knows the cars...for starters, the '53 never was a CHP cruiser...but maybe you can swing a deal with them.

The 53 is an interesting car to be a museum piece.

The color of the upholstery is striking. Is that supposed to be code 504 Maroon Broadcloth which was available in Patricians or someones modern interpretation? To my eye it makes quite a loud statement -- particularly with the gray dash and window garnish. The short section of headliner color between the door panel and rear seat back also looks odd.

Am surprised to see it listed as a CHP cruiser. Even Broderick Crawford wouldn't rate a senior Packard so I'm with DrewLA. If it was a cruiser, CHP must have had lots of money in those days or someone was dreaming.

Hi Howard

"Striking" You're being kind! Gadzooks! Magenta polyester mouse fur with olive green dash and window sills! But, they did replicate the original patterns.....that's a plus....I guess.

That spotlight-mirror must be enough to qualify it as a CHP cruiser. Doubtful any CHP unit was buying Packards then, especially not Patricians.

Steve

A few Free-Flows and Contours:

A '48 Eight, need reactivating after 10 years:
http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/5427277657.html

A '50 Eight, looks great, needs original hubcaps, nice interior:
http://fredericksburg.craigslist.org/cto/5435740142.html

A '51 200, good project start:
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/5430936565.html

A '53 Clipper Special, looks solid for a northeast car:
http://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/5432256951.html

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That 53 must have been nice in 1970 if the dash plaque is a guide. You would think if they went to the trouble of redoing the interior, that they would have changed the panel by the left rear door too.

The 55 Caribbean looks like he used the "natural" way to strip the paint off the car, leave it out in the open! Why are the good ones so far away

That '53 upholstery was never intended to replicate a Packard color-- the car was supposed to have the grey interior, based on the data plate. I think the previous owner had that color done because it was inexpensive. It's more maroon in person, but it's still weird, and its synthetic velour, so...yeah. The headliner and the "b" pillar panels seem original to the car.

The car has a windshield sticker from the CHP roadside emissions inspection program, which is probably why someone thought that meant it had been a CHP car.

Yeah. That upholstery is way off for that Patrician. There was NO maroon broadcloth offered for the 1951-54 models. The 504 code refers to the maroon cloth used on the Custom sedan of the 23rd series. It seems strange since the ads of the time showed quite plainly a red broadcloth with blue, green and the tan with stripes broadcloths. There were ads with Dorothy Draper and in 54 to "Skipper the Clipper" showing those flowing cloths in vivid color.

About the '53 Patrician: I would rather do an interior than fix body rust. The car appears to be solid and complete and except for the afore mentioned interior, most attractive. If the car is as solid and mechanically sound as the photos seem to show, then it could make someone a nice Contour Senior Packard. Negotiate the price down for one-half the cost of a new interior and away you go!

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Hi JW

" I would rather do an interior than fix body rust." Ahem to that! I know of two '53 Cavaliers here in western New York, both currently stored inside but not before the climate exacted rust damage and chrome deterioration. If that LA car is mechanically right, re-doing the interior would be more cost-affective than restoring either car here, even with transport costs.

For reference, here are photos of a '53 Patrician that showed up on eBay years ago. Checking Mr. Neal, it would be the Set Number 801, Dark brown broadcloth combined with tan broadcloth. Not as flashy as magenta mouse-fur but far more luxurious, befitting a Packard.

Steve

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1942 clipper
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/5444218710.html

I could go for the '42 Clipper.....