Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
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G'day Hans,
to PackardInfo. And for including your '54 Clipper Deluxe Touring Sedan in the Packard Owner's Registry. Really like the pic with your Registry entry, something different.
Posted on: 2011/2/17 5:12
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/o[]o\ ==== Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia "Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche. 1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD 1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD 1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD 1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD What's this? Put your Packard in the Packard Vehicle Registry! Here's how! Any questions - PM or email me at ozstatman@gmail.com |
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Hans,
Welcome to the website. Nice to see my car has found it's long lost twin. Amazing that the desert heat bakes the paint in the exact same way every time. Hopefully your car was spared the rust issues that mine has. What is the gizmo on the rear package shelf off your car?
Posted on: 2011/2/17 12:29
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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: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
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i think i'm in love with this car. wow....so cool. that engine bay has me drooling for some reason.
cheers! Hank
Posted on: 2011/2/17 15:45
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1937 Packard 138-CD Deluxe Touring Limousine
Maroon/Black 1090-1021 [url=https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/registry/View.php?ID=232]1955 Packard |
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It's nice you have power steering and brakes. My steering is a workout at very low speed.
What are those valves or gizmos on the heater hoses?
Posted on: 2011/2/17 16:04
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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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Hank, those straight eights (S8) sure do draw attention. So much different that the standard V8 configurations most people are used to seeing in cars.
Posted on: 2011/2/17 16:06
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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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What a nice car and a great story! I'll just ask the obvious question, (which everyone else may know):
What the heck does the B/A 11 stand for?
Posted on: 2011/2/18 0:50
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Straight from the drag strip? B/A = B Altered class car.
Posted on: 2011/2/18 1:40
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/o[]o\ ==== Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia "Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche. 1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD 1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD 1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD 1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD What's this? Put your Packard in the Packard Vehicle Registry! Here's how! Any questions - PM or email me at ozstatman@gmail.com |
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Glad to read that you guys like the car. I immediately fell in love with it too, just made me desparately want to own it...
Thanks for the info on the B/A writing, didn't know the exact meaning of it either, just that it had to do with some kind of a race classification. By the way, these racing numbers are not original, they are an addition of the owner before me. He is a painter, so he knows his way with paint and brushes and in my opnion did a great job on 'ageing' the numbers. Blends nicely in with the atmoshere of the car, as do the slightly widened rims and beefier (215/70-15) tires. Still in doubt whether I should paint those rims deep burgundy red in stead of black. Could be a good match with the blue and brown tones of the body, what do you think? Part of my deal with the former owner was that he would paint a logo on both sides of the car. I will explain the meaning of that later and also post a drawing of that logo. Kev, I guess you mean the two mystery parts in the heater hose on the left side of the picture? One is a bleeding valve at the highest point of the coling system and the other is the heater valve. Both non original, I know, but useful. The inline heater valve replaces the broken original valve. The cable runs to a separate pull and push knob underneath the dash, but in the future I will connect it to the original sliding knob in the dash. Shouldn't be that big of a job.
Posted on: 2011/2/18 5:57
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All the best from Holland!
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Here's for the story about the logo. It's lunchtime now here in Holland, so I can spare a few minutes to tell you guys. The last USA owner was a Mr. Russell T. Wolfram from California. I found his obituary last week on the internet, he died last September in his eighties. The Wolf theme in his name reminded me of the famous disc jockey Wolfman Jack (Da Wolfman), so I decided to commemorate both of them in a logo on the car. Also the wolf is very common in blues music, that my wife and me like very much. So that is the story. You don't see the logo on the pictures, as they are from a earlier date. It looks as if it were there for the last decades...
Another reason why I fell for the car is that it first hit the American roads September 1954, my date of birth is September 22, 1954. Coincidence? Yes, but when I went to take a first look at the car it was parked in an industrial building with my last name on it, put there by the company that used to own the building. That can't be coincidence, I call that fate..... The car must be my long lost brother.
Posted on: 2011/2/18 8:27
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All the best from Holland!
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