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I believe this is the very last dashboard that Bernie Estes did personally.

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This, he had completed by a professional.

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Paint work was also done professionally. All disassembly and assembly was done by my brother between Thanksgiving 1997 and July 1998. Again, he never before took a car apart. He did his own brake work and wiring, the engine was so good all it required was the honing of the cylinders. He converted the hydro-electric (??) windows to purely electric to avoid the hassle of the original type failing (if they aren't used regularly, they're prone to fail within a year or two).
The car was done in time to be displayed on the field of dreams in Warren in 1998... a mere 17 months after dragging it home.
Oh... and he drove it from Minneapolis to Warren, then drove it back.!!!

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Looks kind of cool from above.

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Damn impressive restoration. Nice to see a 180 formal sedan brought back to life and turning out so well when completed. Thanks for posting all the pictures.

Regards,
Robert.

This car that was delivered new to Houston in the Spring of 1943.

West,

Very impressive Packard, the restoration work is a credit to your brother. But WWW's?

Yah. I know. I had no control over that.

Air Conditioning? Where's the compressor?

apparently he had a lot of time on his hands and an endless bank account to complete something so quickly and have those kind of results.

nice job!! ;0)