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Hi all, this is my first post and I'm hoping to benefit from the collective experience of the group, so heres the story. Recently a 39 110 business coupe appeared in the side yard of an old farmhouse I have passed by at least a thousand times in the last 30 yrs. Being a hopeless autoholic naturally I had to make a quick Uturn and check it out. A nice young woman answered the door and told me that her late great uncle had been the original owner and that the car had been in the garage as far back as she could remember and that it had just been dragged into the yard because the garage roof was collapsing, Unfortunately the roof must have been leaking for a long time judging by the condition of the paint on some of the upper surfaces. The car was very original and complete including the 1970 tags and the keys on a Packard fob still in the ignition. Turns out the car had been inherited by her uncle who lived in a city 3 hours away so she took my number and promised to pass it on. Usually thats the end of it but this time, a couple weeks later, I got a call from the uncle and after some friendly negotiations I became the neglected old relic's new caretaker. It took a little bit of work since all four wheels were stuck not to mention four flat and petrified tires but its now safely in my garage awaiting resurrection. I'll post pictures as soon as I figure out how which may be more daunting than getting the Packard on the road again.

G'day boothguy,
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Congratulations on becoming a Packard owner, I invite you to include your '39 110 Business Coupe in the Packard Owner's Registry including a Photo!

Speaking of which, posting photos should be a relatively painless operation. Just save them to your device as a not to large JPG file, avoiding uncommon characters in the file name. Then select the files you want to post, using the "Browse" button in the "Attach file" field below when you're posting and go from there.

You'll receive a lot of support and advice from the many experienced, knowledgeable and friendly Packard people here.

booth guy, I too have resurrected a 39 Packard (which should be done in a month!) and wish you a lot of fun with your Packard!

Oh, and good luck!

Steve

Along with Dr. M, my 39 was also a cast off, but after my own blood sweat and tears, it is a wonderful running car. Love My Packard.
pat

If this works you will see photos of the car as I found it

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Congrats, it works. Your Packard is visible even in Germany.



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Are there any news on that? I'm almost convinced, that Mal (Ozstatman) is registering this too.

My first Packard was a 1939 Six (no 110 nomenclature until 1940) in similar but still driveable condition so I am looking forward to watching your progress. When I bought mine in the mid-'60s, it wasn't even yet an antique so I was surprised it had gotten into such condition but it had apparently been parked under trees in northern Washington State for many years.

drooling now!

I have tried twice to update this but I am such a slow typist the forum times out and eats my post. What am I doing wrong?

You're not doing anything wrong, as you said the Website times out after a certain time something like 15/20 minutes. My way around it is to "refresh" the post I'm doing every 5 to 10 minutes by clicking on the Preview button on the bottom of the page. Or by saving my post to a secure document along the way. But sometimes I still tend to get caught out by this "quirk".