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Glad that everything went without incident! I will be looking forward to following your project progress!
Posted on: 2017/6/14 8:02
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A gem to be sure
Posted on: 2017/6/14 8:14
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Is that a vinyl roof on it?? John
Posted on: 2017/6/14 10:35
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I note the 1952-only hub shell cover on the front left wheel.
Posted on: 2017/6/14 10:47
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Awesome! I'm excited to see you bring this back to life! Such a cool car!
Posted on: 2017/6/14 16:32
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Thanks for all the kind words and I would like to thank everyone who has been posting about their projects and cars over the last five years I have been looking at this great resource/site. It has given me a great deal of insight to Packard engineering design that will help me make intelligent (I hope) decisions and choices as I work on the car. My plan is to keep it completely original.
Unfortunately the woman I bought the car from has gone into assisted living. She is the wife of the second owner and had told me his mother was a sister to the Packard brothers. Her daughter had put a number of cartons of family documents to the curb after an estate sale so my GF called her to see if that was what she wanted done with them. Short story is there is a lot of Packard family correspondence here. I haven't had a chance to go through it yet but it looks like I will be taking a drive to Warren O to give to the Packard Museum. Found the obit from late owner's mother and I quote "James W. Packard, the inventor of the Packard automobile, was her cousin". Goes on to say that her family had a summer home on Chautauqua Lake NY where the inventor also lived. So that is finally straightened out and corrected.
Posted on: 2017/6/14 21:06
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Thanks 55PackConv, the tow company came highly recommended, they didn't even scuff the right side white walls on curbing next to the garage door.
FredKanter Thanks very much. PTV It is a rubberized canvas that I believe was made by Goodyear. O_D All four covers are the same. I remember you sending me info several years ago this car was built late Nov 52, so using left over 52 parts or something else to differentiate the Formal offering for 53 from the regular Senior? Thanks 51. Will need to finish getting my space into shape and a new chimney pipe out the roof. The old brick one came down when new roof went on barn. The plan for this year is to start soaking every nut and bolt I plan on touching with the acetone and ATF mix.
Posted on: 2017/6/14 21:30
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Stephen,
If you want to know more about the 3 Packard sisters (Alaska, Carlotta, and Olive) and their families and lives, the summer homes on Lake Chautauqua, etc., I can highly recommend Jim Balfour's recent book "More than Automobiles - The Packards of Warren, Ohio".
Posted on: 2017/6/15 8:01
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Thanks, looks like an interesting read. When I start looking through the letters I will post any mention of James and William.
Posted on: 2017/6/15 8:50
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