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Ross,

If you do get the car, do you have a manual brake standard transmission car to compare how Packard got the pedals to be at the same at the same level?

Major wreck of a tanker truck on the nearby interstate today. Aint nothin being delivered to my house. Should come on Tuesday now. Will compare with a "normal" 53 that happens to be on hand.

Hi

Glad Ross will get some good out of that rough stick/OD Clipper. When these cars are advertised for nearly scrap prices, that's unfortunately where the car ends up next.

A few Free-Flow-Styled selection around the northeast:
A '48 Eight 22nd, 39K miles, original:
poconos.craigslist.org/cto/d/1948-packard-modeldoor/6397690505.html

A '49 Eight 23rd, green, ready to enjoy:
vermont.craigslist.org/cto/d/1949-packard/6378033622.html

Two 23rd Series projects:
newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/d/1949-packard-perfect-for/6383809123.html

newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/d/50s-packard-model-8-for-sale/6361711196.html

Steve

One addition, this fellow is selling his late father's last project, a '51 300:
watertown.craigslist.org/cto/d/1951-packard/6377901231.html

Ho ho ho. Got the nasty 53 Clipper this morning. Dumped a cupful of PB blaster into each cylinder to loosen things up. At 4:00 bumped it carefully with the starter two complete turns, then turned it over with no plugs till the oil came up. Vigorously cleaned the points, hooked up a gravity feed gas tank, and by 4:30 it was running--and rather well. Satisfying. I love cheap nasty cars.

If anyone wants a good builder 327 or a complete overdrive setup I can fix you right up.

1955 Clipper Super Panama - $4800 (Youngstown, OH)

We've seen this before but the seller added a few pictures. Unfortunately, the new photos are just as bad as his others and he raised the price from $4500 in September to $4800 today. And he wonders why the phone isn't ringing...

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1937 120 according to the seller it's a Deluxe model. I don't have enough (packard) training (yet).
stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/d/1937-packard-120cd/6413634134.html

1938 super 8 club sedan.
batonrouge.craigslist.org/cto/d/packard-1938-superclub-sedan/6414570951.html

Curious, the piece of chromed trim that extends into the roof from the windshield center divider seems to be missing, it's a one year item for a low production volume car and I wonder how easy it will be to find. Also missing running board trim on one side.

Just a personal thing but I can't stand closed sedans in fire engine red. Seller says in wants a repaint anyway, so without any knowledge of the mechanics but with the paint and only a fair interior, I'd think in terms of $40-$45 for it - am I far off the mark?

$40-45 is pretty generous I think without knowing the history of these notorious 38 super 8 blocks. I agree the color got to go. With a fair interior, unknown engine history and a paint job to be done I'm thinking more in the $25k range to be realistic.

"these notorious 38 super 8 blocks."
Was there something wrong with the blocks in '38? And is there the same problem with '39 blocks also, as they are very similar?