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Here's another perfectly good Packard being rodded, what a shame:

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/cto/4735093093.html

If someone needs 37 115 drive train here it is.



Here's a 1946 limo that looks to be in good shape:
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4734802141.html


41 160 touring sedan:
http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/cto/4733975187.html

1949 2 door for $6000

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/4736736463.html

Boy it really is a shame to see a nice original car being chopped to create a worthless pile of junk. You have to drive a low mileage junior car to appreciate how good they were.

Today I was talking to someone who rods 50's cars. He told me that the cost of chopping the steering and converting to aftermarket junk is less than the cost of restoring just the steering wheel and column. So all of this car chopping is just generic look alike scrap metal. And since they drive like shxt I don't know why anybody would buy one.

Some of the brake upgrades seem warranted given that new drums are not available. After all, you have to be able to stop the darn thing.

Not sure I agree with you. Depends who designs and builds the resto-rod. I would like to ride in an orig 37-37 115 to see but a well engineered street rod can be safer and more comfortable and more fun. Just what modern parts are junk? let us know so people may avoid using them.

My unrestored 36 120 was a better and smoother ride than you can imagine! There's no resto-mod that can compete with that. Now when it comes to safety: my unrestored 1936 didn't have disc brakes but the original drum brakes and would stop on a dime! It didn't have AC but it has a cowl vent that was more than adequate! It didn't drive 80 mph but comfortably 55. I sold it 2 weeks ago but I sure miss that car and the character it had. That character is gone when you resto mod it.

While I appreciate the originals and the purists that are passionate about restorations there are those just as passionate about a modernized classic and the "style or character" can be preserved on the exterior with a car that is certainly safer to accelerate on to a hwy and handle better and stop safer. A resto will certainly be able to drive farther and more often to expose more young people to the history and of the american automobiles.

As a side note. (should we start a new thread in general) For those who dont think accelerating is, or should be considered a safety issue-some of us live in areas with parkways that were designed and constructed when highway design was in its infancy. We heve stone overpassas which span our high speed roads not wide enough to accommodate the acceleration lane and over population so as not to allow the extension of the cloverleafs! our entrance ramps are hairpin turns with the shortest in the world(60 ft in places)acc lanes which dead end into the bridge abutments and the busiest rds in the us (except cal) so getting up to speed to merge is indeed a safety concern

I would still like an answer on the "junk" aftermarket parts so builders can avoid them. I will be happy in a new thread to share my experiences and give real world advice on what i found , good and bad , when I designed and built my 1940 coupe. (Yes, modern running gear and relax- it was a Willys not a packard)

Hi

A nice, original-looking '53 Clipper Deluxe sedan:
http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/4729592472.html

Or this one, not bad either:
http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/4685772928.html

Or.....this one:
http://southbend.craigslist.org/cto/4720719773.html

Steve

Hi

Various parts offered:

Miscellaneous '38 parts:
http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/pts/4707851039.html

Parting out a '36 sidemounted sedan:
http://southjersey.craigslist.org/ptd/4666525197.html

A '53 327 engine:
http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/pts/4676582665.html

A '37 120 engine and transmission:
http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/pts/4679422072.html

Steve