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I guess that pretty much proves my point.

If I buy a Cadillac I won't have to spend thousands of dollars trying to undo what has been done to it.

If only Ted Kavenagh were here today!

Heres another good example of a factory body color painted Hubcap that just came up on the bay

ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Old-Antique-1948-19 ... f5fbc577:g:kGgAAOxynwlTcb3Y&vxp=mtr

Rings
Legend
Hex

Can c the vendors Black and Red under the body color.

I've never seen (or read from) someone so incurably in love with chrome radiator shells. Castrated? Really? When I've painted them I simply have their chrome stripped, sand em up with 150 or 180, apply a coat of etch primer and then off to the standard procedure. A grinder? Freakin hacks do that. Perhaps some are better suited to early Ford or Corvette restoration. Any of the heavy American iron that are referred to as Classics, and what some of us have dedicated a large portion of our passion to, there's one universal constant. That was the Great Depression. It hit harder from 32-34 than it did during the 1st years following the crash, and does that seem like the right time to offer cars for 3 to even 20 times the cost of a same model year Ford? Would they do what that customer wanted back then to sell that car? Of course not, right? "Screw you Mr. Baller of 1933! You get this damn Packard the way I sell it to you!" Back to normal (as if), while there were indeed standards of production, even limited production, there was still that "job shop" philosophy that went to the needs and demands of that market. Some were wild and outlandish, some very staid and perhaps even blah in final finish/options. I'm with West, painted shells look better. They're exponentially better on what I refer to as the "Dietrich Cowl" cars, those being the 34 Cpe Roadster, Conv Victoria and Conv Sedan. The low waistline those cars have, the short shell, they nearly demand paint up there. It's not WRONG, and it's also not RIGHT. It's a choice that was available then and certainly now. And yes too, let me know when you're selling a painted shell 34. For $20K under market I'm in...;-P

Probably in there somewhere, but who does choissone repair? Have a 1939 twelve horn button that has a chip out of it. Can I learn to fix myself? Instruction and supplies?
Thanks Todd

Emblemagic does cloisonn? restoration.

emblemagic.com/enamel_expl.htm

While looking for parts for his limo project and cleaning the 3rd floor of our building. Fred came across this hubcap and remembered this post. But as you can see there is black paint under the green where it has worn though.

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Thanks
James

WOW !!!!!!!!!!! Fred. U really like sticking a stick in the Hornet's Nest - DON'T YOU ???????????

Its hard for 33-36 owners to believe PACKARD did the HC Painting in body color. I dont believe all got it but believe some did and the rest black. Why some we will never know. Have ideas but there just IDEAS.

Have some photos around here in the same GREEN off of a 34 1100 that had orig paint in green.

I don't THINK that the factory did such painting but if anyone did I THINK either the dealer would do it on request or the owner did it as they pleased.

I don't put a stick in a hornet's nest I just like to give what info I can. The red in the center is actually more towards orange which is painted over the original red.

Possibly the orange was red, just faded to that shade of orange, and by that logic maybe the green was a more deeper, richer green before it too was faded?

YABUT the Parts Book says to spec color and there factory photos showing cars with colored strip and insert. Also factory photos of NON BLACK cars with black strips and so they all didnt get it.
WHY - WHEN - HOW ?????????????

Need that dam TIME MACHINE.