Re: Build Slip/Chassis #s/Evidence of Restoration
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Looks like someone hand painted this numbers on the frame. It should be in a stencil format and should say AOS. Not just OS. This was done after the car was built by a restorer or owner.
Posted on: 2012/7/24 22:38
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1937 Packard 138-CD Deluxe Touring Limousine
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Re: Build Slip/Chassis #s/Evidence of Restoration
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Congrats on finding the build slip.
Quote: KO 22154 AT HE RPE WS FS VM CL.. Key PU. 040 CL is for the trunk compartment light. Perhaps you meant to ask about FS, then, which is for the rear fender shrouds (skirts) Quote: There's a 95 on the build sheet--is that the trim code (green bedford cloth?) IIRC, you've got a Clipper Deluxe Touring Sedan - body 2662. According to the parts book front matter, the only green bedford cloth interior for that body was trim set 53. Can't offer any help on the dates except that I'd think the frame would predate the build.
Posted on: 2012/7/24 23:04
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Re: Build Slip/Chassis #s/Evidence of Restoration
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Usually the frames were built well ahead of by AO Smith and stacked in yard outside the factory waiting or their turn inside.
Agree with Hank, that numbering is not original and was hand painted. Originally it would have been stenciled. Also I dont know is the build slips match the actual date of assembly, or the date the slip was generated and put into queue for assembly.
Posted on: 2012/7/25 11:27
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-BigKev
1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Touring Sedan -> Registry | Project Blog 1937 Packard 115-C Convertible Coupe -> Registry | Project Blog |
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Re: Build Slip/Chassis #s/Evidence of Restoration
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On the topic of build slips - we consider ourselves very fortunate when we reach up above the glove box or other locations and do indeed find the original build slip. Many times we don't find it and more often than not the reason may be that a prior owner found it, removed it, and it didn't accompany the car when it changed hands.
Do future owners of your car a real favor! If you want to keep the original build slip separate from the car, make a copy or photograph and put that back in the proper location so a future owner can benefit from the information. How many of us have thought to do this?
Posted on: 2012/7/25 11:57
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Re: Build Slip/Chassis #s/Evidence of Restoration
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I'll second that! I'm still trying to find the sheets for my two (I haven't checked under the carpet yet) but hope is fading.....
Posted on: 2012/7/25 12:50
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1951 200 Deluxe Touring Sedan (parts ?) 1951 Patrician Touring Sedan 1955 Patrician Touring Sedan |
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Photos of engine and transmission show them to be a light green color, which is incorrect. They should be Packard Gray.
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Posted on: 2012/7/25 18:10
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Not too shy to talk
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For some reason they appear greenish in the iphone pictures posted; they in real live color are gray.
Posted on: 2012/7/27 0:05
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Not too shy to talk
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Well, the old girl is on the road. 3 weeks with Mike Gossard, Packard Mechanic at Packard Museum in Oxnard, CA got trans gasket changed, brakes rebuilt, a new 3-core radiator, and a used Autolite generator he had laying around, replacing the worn-out Delco.
Initial road trip to get new tires caused water pump to destroy itself, while generator packed it in as well! All in 150 miles! Next day air from Max Merrit got a new water pump, and similar expedited shipping for a 6-v + ground alternator from New Jersey. Son-in-law and I fabricated an alt bracket from 2" angle iron and 1" square tubing; a new 44 5/8" fan belt, a 4 ga starter cable to connect alt to bat terminal, and she fired up for the 150 mile trip home. Labor day's labors: change oil--Rotella very dirty after 350 miles; waterless wash and spray wax, and clean-up of new True-Spoke Wire Wheels and Vogue Tyres! She's looking pretty sharp. Next on docket: touch-up of paint chips, a detail job, new seat covers, Cool-it/Acoustical mat under carpet to defray melted driver's feet, plus some tweaking of electrical to get horn, radio, and power antenna working, and some rubber goods around wind wings. Lots of work but everyone notices the car; I don't know if I like all the attention! Still planning on the Laughlin trip, although I don't think wife wants to drive 7 hr w/o a/c! Son-in-law has a full unit from a Jeep Wagoneer, needing only (?) hoses and freon, not to mention fabricated brackets. Perhaps Vintage Air makes a 6-volt model, but then I'm on my way to a money pit.
Posted on: 2012/9/4 2:38
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