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"...The first president to ride to his inauguration in a car was Warren G. Harding in 1921, and the car was a Packard tourer....".



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I'm sure that they put up a good fight to hold the First Philippine Republic but after no more than two years the country disappeared from the political map. Two decades later the former president ascended a mobile throne, a 1924 Packard.

BTW The car looks like a composite works of several car makers. Here are a few pics, taken during restoration.


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"The car looks like a composite works of several car makers"
Gerd,

For a start the side-on view in the Facebook pic plus the pic you posted would confirm your statement, as they are Model A Ford wheels as well as it being a Model A front axle(I think?).

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Mal, I've been waiting for your Model A expertise. Always the same with you. When I come with Ford parts then your predator-prey system triggers alarm.
How about the radiator and the headlights?

Gerd,

The radiator shell doesn't look quite "right". Don't know if it's the camera angle or if it's a recreation. I've had a look at pictures from that era but someone well versed in that eras Packards would be better placed to comment. I think the headlight is OK, pic below of one seen a couple of weeks ago "on the shelf".

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Mal, don't think it is a Model A front axle. The springs run fore and aft as opposed to being a single transverse one. Can't comment on the rest of the car except I agree the radiator shell looks odd.

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John,

Have to agree, it isn't a Model A front axle. In my enthusiasm got carried away, but still think it is a Ford front axle, maybe Model B('32) or later all of which have a larger "drop" than the A which was almost straight. I see the axle on the Packard retains the spring hanger mount of the Ford axle. Whatever it is, I doubt it's a Packard front axle. The pic attached, of an A front axle from Aussie eBay, shows how straight the A axle is and it also demonstrates fitment of fore and aft springs! The other pic, from this Blog on the AACA Site, shows the "drop" in the B('32) axle.
Although veering it's not quite, because we are discussing a Packard.

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I haven't read most of this discussion yet, but the axle in the above pic of the Packard looks like a Model A Ford piece to me... I don't have a pic to post for comparison, but I'm looking at the axle for my '28/'29 Tudor right now. At the very least, a dead give away is the boss for the spring perch. I don't know what a Packard axle would look like but I would imagine it has spring pads cast/forged into it.

Oz, thats really interesting that the axle you posted as parallel springs.. I can't really tell from the pic, is it for sure a Ford axle?

G'day fory,

Here's the eBay listing. Has a little less than 2 & 1/2 days to run so, because the link will expire at some stage after that, here's part of the text description:
"Up for auction is A Model Ford front i beam axle, hubs, wheels, etc.

The leaf springs are unknown and this setup has been used as a trailer or a buggy spring type setup for towing.

The wheel are good and solid. Tyres are no good.

Axle is good. Its been fixed somehow and spring pad bolts have been cut. see photos.

Can be torn apart and reworked for a project, or throw it straight the garden for an ornament."

Mal, I was thinking it was not a Ford axle because of the way the springs were fastened. Now I see the perch for the transverse spring. Interesting, very interesting...

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