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David,
for the "good to go with wheels", greatly appreciated.

As to piecing the Limo back together, I think not! Mainly because the previous owner bought it at Hershey in 1988 sans body! At the same time be bought a '32(?) 7 seater Packard which he restored and later sold to a guy here in Oz at Tuross Heads. He also bought a '37 Cad La Salle which received similar treatment to the Packard, although it has a body, then fell by the wayside. So if any Aussies know of anyone looking for a '37 Cad La Salle parts car this one is cheap! And when I say cheap, I mean cheap. The insulting offer I made for the Packard, I'm now sure, could have been much more insulting and probably would have been thankfully accepted!

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It might pay to branch out Mal and buy the LaSalle.

What, "buy the LaSalle"

I reached out to a guy in the Cad-LaSalle Club here and he'd seen the ad and wasn't that impressed, even at an insulting offer level. So, no, not at this stage.
But for trying to expand my blinkered Packard outlook.

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David,

My sincerist apologies for doubting your Packard Guru-ish-ness(If that wasn't a word before, it is now!) when I said "As to piecing the Limo back together, I think not! Mainly because the previous owner bought it at Hershey in 1988 sans body!". Since then I have spoken with PT and been put back on the straight and narrow. Turns out the Limo came from Cooma NSW being a Martin & King bodied funeral car. I was unsure when I spoke with the present owner and he was talking about all the wood in the body being rotten. Now I know.

And yes, PT has various parts off the car but that still doesn't convince me to restore it! PT did tell me he'd supplied an R11 for it, but I didn't see that in the shed, there was only a manual 3 speed trans behind the engine. When I return to pick up the chassis I'll be searching the shed. I know there are some parts up in the rafters but I think an R11 will be much lower to the ground.

The La Salle is a Holden (South Australia) body. PT

Thanks Peter,

It too supposedly came from Hershey. The steering wheel, column and box for it are laying on the Packard chassis.

Mal, you're going to be known as the Flackmaster 2.0 or the Malmaster!

Think I'll stick with the sobriquet "Ozstatman".

"Malmaster", from my perspective, just doesn't have a good ring about it. Growing up, my name was always getting thrown back at me as Maladjusted, Malevolent, Mal-this, Mal-that. Although not too badly mentally scarred by these experiences, the conotation just doesn't sit well, even many long years later.

DF, the "Flackmaster", has earned his sobriquet by dint of his vast Packard knowledge and experience. I can't compete with that!

Mal, I didn't like my first name until I was in my late 20's.
I never met another Mal till I was in my forties. But I finally got to like it at work because it was unique and has a great history. Whenever someone said "Mal-----" I knew they were talking to or about me - no doubt.

Randy,

I've known a number of Mal's over the years, a couple of them where I worked. Australia has also had 2 Prime Ministers named Malcolm, one of whom, in Memphis, lost his trousers! The other is the present Prime Minister and its looking likely he'll loose office in the near future. Haven't actually met them, but, in a number of health professionals offices they have had other Malcolm Harris's on their patient lists!