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Tuesday 27th October 2009

Morning with the granddaughters over, it was off to the workshop. Found Wade cursing and carrying on over the oil pump off Big Red. Left Wade to that while I turned to painting the generator and distributor off the 110 which he'd cleaned earlier today. To those I added the starter motor and some other bits and pieces I cleaned then painted the lot. Not a very exciting day.

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Wednesday 28th October 2009

While Wade's way Mal will play? No, I was under instructions to paint the trans on John's 110 and the front crossmember and tops of the chassis rails on the 110 which I'd scraped and cleaned. Both were painted black as are all the acccessories on John's engine. Although the engines green, it's not Packard green, so anything needing paint will be done in black because it's not worth the time and effort to try and match the green. I was also supposed to clean and paint the oil filter and some other pieces, but didn't have time today, so I'll catch up with them tomorrow.

NOTE - Will add a couple of pic's later.
Further Note - Pic's now added.

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Mal, Krylon's Hasta Leaf is a color close to Packard engine green. I is a bit lighter, but only noticeable if some is original color and other parts sprayed with the Krylon. It may not be available in Oz.

John,

The engine colour on the rebuilt engine is way off from Packard green and it was decided to leave it as is. This project is nominally replacement only of the tired old engine with a rebuilt replacement for a car which is a driver only.
And for the advice on the close match for Krylon's Hasta Leaf, I'll look into it's availability here in Australia for future reference

Thursday 29th October 2009

Tables were turned this morning, instead of me working on a car someone was working on me. Went to see the Doc for my annual check-up, and Eric, I'm afraid it looks like I'll be around for a while longer! Blood pressure was good, cholesterol checked out OK and the other results from last weeks blood tests were all good too. There were some negatives and these are overweight(I do like ice cream, it's a family trait!) and a rectal examination of the prostate because it's enlarged and the Doc's keeping an eye, or should I say a finger, on it for now. Last thing he did was give me a jab for Swine Flu!


The 63K service out of the way it was off to the workshop for more cleaning and painting. Drained the 110's oil filter, removed the lines and cleaned it up as well as some small pieces needing doing. Wade also went round and picked up the gear linkages from Ivan which now have new bushes as well as some of the rods being built up, should be no more slop and hanging up now. Painting done and Wade was putting Big Red's oil pump back together. Earlier Wade had made two new studs for the 110's exhaust manifold flange where it joins the engine pipe. Had a bit of a struggle cutting the high tensile bolts being used and cutting the threads required. Earlier Wade had re-assembled the 110's distributor and installed it, and put the bands back on the generator and starter as well as the solenoid on the starter. Looks like all that remains before the engine goes into the 110 is to get the shocks back from rebuilding then it'll go in.

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Good thing there was a camera in the Doc's office!!:

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LMFAO!

Mal, things are looking nice on the '39 110. Did notice that the vacumm advance looks to be pointed in the wrong direction. Maybe it is just temporary position. Also, since Wade went to all the trouble to make new studs for the exhaust pipe flange, why not use brass nuts? Brass will not seize like steel. Just a suggestion. Looking at my GeoChron, it is 1:47 A.M. Friday in Sydney as I write this.

Good day,

I am currently visiting my daughter in Sydney and am a big Packard collector in South Africa.

I would love to meet with people in Sydney who shares this passion.

I am new to the messaging boards etc so I would appreciate it if you can ring me on 0466487118 (my daughter's cell) or you can text your number and I will call you back.

Looking forward to meeting with you.

Regards
Philip Cronje

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G'day Philip,

Just after I saw your post had a call from DavidM who has a '22 and 2 x '29 Packards, if you're interested in seeing superbly restored Packards of that vintage and meeting David? I've also just spoken with Wade because there are a number of Packard guys converging on Wade's Shed tomorrow morning about 11:00am, there'll also be a BBQ lunch and refreshments! One guy from Melbourne, about 500 miles south, has a '37 115C too [according to our Club Registry] as well as 2 x '54's and I "think" he may be driving one of the '54's. Another guy, Barry, is coming from Tamworth about 300 miles north-west, he has a '37 120[for sale], a '38 V12 and a '51 Convertible but I doubt he'll be in a Packard. If you can make it tomorrow that'll be great, if not we'll organise something for next week as well as a visit with David.

Left a message on your daughters cell but call me on 0423 171 170. Looking forward to meeting you too.

Saturday 31st October 2009

Hadn't heard from Philip, and more of that later, but cleaned up the '41 with a wash and chamoising that it most certainly needed, just in case. Arrived at the workshop to find Barry had already arrived and that John(PackardInfo member Appin)packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/registry/View.php?ID=213 was also there. John had seen yesterdays posts and took up the running to also be present to greet our expected South African Packard visitor. There was time for various Packard chit-chat while waiting for Fred(Pepe) and his good wife Pam to arrive. So much time, that Wade made us a cup of coffee, and tea for me, while we waited. During our discussions it transpired that John's '40 110's horn wasn't working and that he needed to verify the internals under the horn button as his appeared to be missing something. It was thought it was probably the small spring that sits on top of the contact. How to be sure? Why whip off the horn ring from my '41 to verify the setup because at some time in it's life John's '40 had had it's steering wheel replaced with a '41 one! So while John and I were removing the horn ring from the coupe Pepe and Pam arrived. John and I continued with our exertions while Wade and Barry entertained Pepe and Pam. We determined that the spring required is about 3/16" x 5/8" so now John knows what he needs.

And the reason Pepe and Pam had come 500 miles north to meet Barry who had come 300 miles south-east? An exchange of Packard parts and $$$$. Barry needed a trans for his recently acquired '38 V12, the trans of which must have been sitting stationery for many many years because the top parts of all the gears not submerged in oil were badly pitted with rust! Now here's where it becomes interesting, Pepe has a '37 115c and had bought this trans and pressure plate, sight unseen some years ago, on the basis it was for a 6. As it turns out it's for a Super 8 which will replace the trans in Barry's V12 nicely as they interchange. Barry in return had brought down a pair of '54 windscreens for Pepe. Wade also had 2 pairs of Packard V8 exhaust manifolds for Clynton, the guy who had the rebuilt 6 that's going into the '39 110 in the workshop. Clynton has a '55 Clipper Deluxe and Pepe's hauling them back south. After parts were transferred between cars a BBQ lunch was then up cooked by Rick and consisted of steaks, lamb rissoles and sausages with or without onions, various sauces served on buttered bread rolls. Smelled good and tasted even better!

Lunch over and farewells done, made my way home where I received a phone call from Philip a little while later. Philip was sorry he couldn't make it today but was up in the scenic Blue Mountains, west of Sydney,bluemts.com.au/tourist/ for the weekend. I've now arranged for Philip to visit the workshop on Thursday morning at 10:00am to meet Wade and any other Packard people available that day. I'll take the '41 down again while all of Wade's 3 & 1/2 Packards are there at present as well as John's '39 110, so we'll have a fair representation of Packards on hand.

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