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Re: Mal's '41 120 Coupe
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Thomas Wilcox
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Mal and Wade,

I have had a bunch of parts for my 34 rechromed, including those brackets. They were in much worse shape than Wade's parts, from what I can see from the photo. The replated parts have yet to start flaking off chunks of plating. Old metal my -ss, I would say the plater did a lousy job of prepping the surface.

Just my 2 cents.

Tom

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Wade also showed me the brackets that mount on the front fenders that hold the fender running lights of the '34. He'd had them re-chromed some years ago, along with a whole slew of other stuff for the '34, and these started flaking almost from day one while sitting on the shelf. He'd been back to the platers but only to be told it was "just the way it is with these old muck-metal parts".

Posted on: 2009/1/5 18:14
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Re: Mal's '41 120 Coupe
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Hi Mal

Congrats with the progress! The car looks great and dont new hubcaps just finish the picture! That is one big car!

The same happened to me with the quarter window, but luckily it was cheap and easy to repair, but one of those 'unnecessary happenings" in my case.

How is your paint job generally? I presume you wont need to paint it in the future?

Posted on: 2009/1/6 1:39
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Eric - As requested hubcaps installed, also WWW's cleaned.JPG


'Bout damn time!!

Posted on: 2009/1/6 1:53
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Re: Mal's '41 120 Coupe
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africapackard wrote:......don't new hubcaps just finish the picture!.......


They sure do, and made Eric happy at the same time.

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africapackard wrote:.....The same happened to me with the quarter window, but luckily it was cheap and easy to repair, but one of those 'unnecessary happenings" in my case........


Bound to happen to me, but it's nice to know I'm not alone.

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africapackard wrote:......How is your paint job generally? I presume you wont need to paint it in the future?......


Paint's good overall. Except for some small chips and scratches which I'll 'touch up'. I was told when I bought it that it's been repainted twice in it's life from white to off white then to the cream it is now. Getting progressively darker.

Posted on: 2009/1/6 3:05
Mal
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Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
"Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche.

1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD

1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD

1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

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Re: Mal's '41 120 Coupe
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Wednesday 7th January 2009

With Wade away the rest of the week there's not much I can do, not that much needs doing. Besides the front-end alignment and the blue slip inspection there are only little catch up items to do. But one thing needing doing, after the wash on Monday, was a polish of the '41. That was my task for the day and Wade was good enough to let me use his Meguiars polish as well as provide rags for the polishing job which I used on the "wax on" part of the job. But I did bring some terry towelling of my own for the "wax off" part. Although indoors out of the sun, it was still bloody hot, and I raised a sweat as usual. This necessitated frequent clean up of Mal to prevent sweat dropping onto the '41. And now, to borrow a phrase from a TV ad of years long ago here, the '41 is "Sparkle-arkle-arkling". I also cleaned all the glass inside and out and now the view is a lot clearer.

Yesterday I'd dropped into the workshop for, at the most, 5 minutes. This was to drop off a door frame mounted rear view mirror I picked up at the Crookwell swap meet back at the end of October for AU$10.00. It has a much longer arm than the present one but came without the door frame fitting. And what do you know our favourite Elf, AKA Wade, had found a mount and a nut for it from one of his goodies boxes. At least I hope that's what he's doing, as these parts and the old short arm mirror were lying on the bench together. if it's not then I might just have to take my business elsewhere! And while I was there yesterday quickly measured the diameter of the radiator overflow tube, as I need some rubber tubing to take the overflow away, seeing it's cut off halfway up the radiator. Also measured the tailpipe OD for the chrome cover/extension I'll be using to "beautify" that aspect of the '41 and found it to be 1&3/4".

And earlier today rang Grippy rubber but found they are shut until Monday 12th. So next week will get the rubber tubing as well as some new rubber bump pads for the top of the pillars where the top rear edge of the doors close and also some for the gas filler door. And just now I've sent an email to MaxMerritt ordering Steeles front and rear windshield channels/rubbers as well as some channels for the rear quarter windows after Monday's mishap.

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Posted on: 2009/1/7 1:57
Mal
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Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
"Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche.

1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD

1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD

1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

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Re: Mal's '41 120 Coupe
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Friday 9th January 2009

Drove the '38 up to see Kath's sister at Rouse Hill about a 40 mile round trip. On the trip back stopped at the SuperCheapAuto store at Bella Vista and bought the chromed tailpipe cover/extension for the cosmetic 'resto' treatment to transform the crummy looking tailpipe on the '41. If nothing else it's nice and shiny and will look much, much better exiting under the re-chromed bumper. After returning to Epping, a courier delivery was received from the US. This contained the wiper blades bought on eBay late last year, and they fit the wiper arms! Hallelujah brothers! And on Monday before going to the workshop will go to Grippy Rubber for some rubber "bump stops" for the tops of the door pillars and the gas cap door as well as the rubber tubing for the radiator overflow.

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Posted on: 2009/1/9 1:48
Mal
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Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
"Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche.

1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD

1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD

1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

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Re: Mal's '41 120 Coupe
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Saturday 10th January 2009

Stainless exhaust tip installed.

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Posted on: 2009/1/9 22:41
Mal
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Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
"Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche.

1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD

1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD

1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

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Looking good. Just out of curiosity, I notice a few cars you took pictures of have the same amber light assy on the bumpers & other cars have nothing added.. Is there an Australian requirement for a particular item on certain cars or just personal preference for a particular unit?

Posted on: 2009/1/9 23:10
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HH56 wrote: Looking good. Just out of curiosity, I notice a few cars you took pictures of have the same amber light assy on the bumpers & other cars have nothing added.. Is there an Australian requirement for a particular item on certain cars or just personal preference for a particular unit?

Howard,

Thanks, the '41 is finally "looking good" after many months of not looking good at all.

As to the amber turn indicators or blinker lights this is a personal preference and safety thing for most. Vehicle registration regulations permit cars to be registered as stock standard when they left the factory whatever their age might be. However should an owner fit things like turn indicators, or say seat belts, into an "old" car for safety reasons that car must then always have those fitted to be registrable. I have chosen to fit turn indicators to the '41 to make driving in traffic easier in this day and age, especially as it's a LHD car in a RHD country! Trying to do hand signals from the wrong side of the car and with 90+ percent of current drivers not knowing what a hand signal is(a gesture yes) is a losing proposition. And they are going to be nice and because originally they came equipped with 12V bulbs, but now have double filament 6V bulbs with both filaments wired into the one circuit. However I'm not fitting seatbelts although these are directly safety related. Might depend on how Kath feels when we're out in the '41 so that could change. And another thing, turn indicators or blinkers must be separate lights so the US practice of the tail/brake light flashing is not acceptable here regardless of originality. So that's why you see US cars(50's, 60's, 70's) with aftermarket blinkers screwed onto their fenders/bodies because of that. In fact Wade with the '37 Super 8 has the US type(Shhhhhh!) but is looking to convert to the bumper mounted units, and I think Jeff with his '52 is also thinking of doing the same from the email I received from him today. Old cars on the road can be a big enough distraction in themselves to other drivers without the added complication of other drivers not knowing where we are going or intending to go.

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Posted on: 2009/1/10 0:40
Mal
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Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
"Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche.

1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD

1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD

1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

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Monday 12th January 2009

After doing my civic duty by donating blood went to Grippy Rubber for:

Rubber tubing for the radiator overflow.
Rubber stops for the petrol filler cover on the rear fender.
Rubber stops for the tops of the B pillars.
Large rubber grommet to fill the hole in the carpet for the accelerator pedal rod.

Then at the workshop installed the rubber tubing routing it down through a hole in the front crossmember and it exits about 4" below the '41's undercarriage. Also clamped it to the radiator frame so it doesn't get chopped by the fan. Using a little rubber grease Wade inserted the filler cover stops and pushed while I pulled the stops "tail" using a pair of pliers from underneath the fender. The preferred rubber stops for the B pillar had a body diameter too large for the mounting hole so a fallback stop was used. And the large grommet? Not quite large enough! So I'll drop into Grippy to pick up a bigger size grommet next time I'm in the vicinity. Too bad I can't take the old grommet back but after punching a hole through it, it's now unreturnable.

Fitting the new wiper blades to the wiper arms was more involved than I first thought. Looks like the arms I have may not be "correct", either that or the wiper blades are not "correct" or both! Last Friday when I did the trial fit of a blade to an arm I selected the wrong mounting holes. Sure they fitted but the holes they are supposed to be fitted into wouldn't engage because the "jaws" on the wiper blade were not wide enough. But after some delicate surgery by Dr Wade they now fit. Surgery involved bending and straightening the "ears" on either side of the wiper arm hook to gain just enough clearance. And they now function perfectly. Mind you these are ELECTRIC wipers and there weren't any other options available so they HAD to fit.

The two door mounted side mirrors also need some attention. The left side, although not "show quality" was reasonable but was loose and rattling, it turned out to be secured with self-tapping screws. One of which was pushing the door skin away from the frame from where the skin folds over the frame. A quick drill into the folded over skin then re-tightening and, VOILA, that problem was fixed. Still a rattle though, because the glass in the mirror was also loose in it's frame. A little "blue-tac" judiciously applied at a couple of points and no more rattle. The right side mirror as previously mentioned was useless, because you couldn't see it from the drivers seat! The mirror with the long arm, bought at the Crookwell swap meet, looked like it would do the job though. Except I now learned that it was metric and the nut Wade had scrounged up for it from John's junk box needed to be only half it's present thickness. Clamped the nut in the vice and hack-sawed it in half. Was surprised that it was relatively easy to do so even though having to rotate it in the vice jaws tended to have the blade "stick" a bit but a little care and attention helped to finish that job. Also drilled out the bracket clamp as the new arm has a larger thread and squared off the now slimmed-down nut in the grinder. A gasket was jointly manufactured by WFI and MBM to protect the paint on the door edge and the new mirror installed. Perfect, can now see down both sides of the car!

What more to do? Wade had handed over the Clock to Barry last week to be passed on to his brother for repair. Probably won't see it back for a couple of weeks at least. But a clock isn't a necessity, even if we have make do with a sundial in the meantime using the rotary radio aerial and the shadows it casts! Rang Brian about the front-end alignment, recorded message again so will try later this week. Wade then rang Tony, the blue-slip inspector, and tomorrow after 2:00pm he's available. Tony asked Wade a number of question over the phone and they were all answered in the affirmative so it looks positive. Will dig out all my paperwork on the '41 tonight and contact insurers tomorrow morning to obtain cover for Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Insurance and Green Slip(Third Party) Insurance. Then, all going well, the government in the form of the Roads and Traffic Authority will issue 1 years road registration for the '41 with the appropriate taxes and charges being applied of course. By the end of tomorrow my credit card will be smokin' hot. Then all I have to do is pay for it!

And on Sunday there was a Committee meeting about our 2009 National Packard Rally being held in March. It was at Packardinfo Forum member DavidM's place and David passed on to me an original '41 Owners manual. This had been offered to me by Ross, a Canadian who's restoring a '23 Sport Tourer and he and David have been corresponding because of David's '22 Sport Tourer and his expertise with these vehicles. Turns out the father of a friend of Ross's had died and amongst his possessions was this manual in very good used condition. Ross offered it to me for the princely sum of a pic taken of me and the Manual together with the '41. How could I refuse such an offer, at such a price? And being at David's place I got to see the '11 Maxwell he bought from the US last year. And what do you V8 and S8 guys with oiling problems think about the drip/splash feed total loss oiling system on the Maxwell?

And last week I was surprised to receive an email from an upstate New York couple, Hannah and Bron, about attending our National Rally. Seems my name and email details are in The Packard Cormorant to contact for info on the Rally. Me and my big mouth! Anyway they are arriving just before the Rally ends but will able to attend the Friday run to Kiama on the south coast, probably the best run of the Rally, and the Farewell Dinner and presentations that night. And of course, in my own inimitable way, I pointed them to Packardinfo and you can now see their lovely '27 Roadster in the Owner Registry EDIT - Anyone looking for their '27 Roadster in the Registry won't find it! My apologies to Hannah and Bron However I've added a pic of it here from the East Grand Packards Site. Maybe Eric is right when he calls me "unscrupulous" and "demanding". No one is safe, you have been warned!

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Posted on: 2009/1/12 2:55
Mal
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Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
"Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche.

1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD

1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD

1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

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