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Ross, your Packard pickups are the coolest thing I've seen in a long time, keep up the good work!
Posted on: 2010/11/21 20:33
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That's a very neat old car. Wish I could find one of those around these parts!
Posted on: 2010/11/21 20:46
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Center County PA lured me back again; thought you might like some shots of the 51 in service. Was not in a hurry and kept her at just 60 on the highway (indicated 65)--was rewarded with a real 18 mpg for the whole trip. Fording the stream was not as effective as hoped at cleaning the whitewalls.
18 years of use and 43000 miles for an initial investment of $500. This is the best used car ever.
Posted on: 2011/6/12 7:09
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"Who are you saving it for?" Amen Ross!!!! I like to get out there and drive them too. Put them thru their paces. "Ask the man that owns one". That was 50+ years ago. Today it's "Ask the man that wants something different". OR better yet "Ask the VERY FEW who DO!".
Posted on: 2011/6/12 7:29
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VAPOR LOCK demystified: See paragraph SEVEN of PMCC documentaion as listed in post #11 of the following thread:f
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I'd say you really got your monies worth there! Not forgetting the obvious enjoyment in using the car in a beautiful environment. Did it come with the Caribbean bonnet(hood), or was that an upgrade of yours?
Posted on: 2011/6/12 7:30
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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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Forging the stream was not as effective as hoped at cleaning the whitewalls. I bet this is the first time a Packard forged a stream since the days of the Packard Proving Grounds tests. Nice to see you use your Packard off-road.
Posted on: 2011/6/12 8:53
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Baltimore County, where I live, is greatly yuppy-fied now, but when my folks moved here after the war there were many gravel roads, stream crossings, and farmers still regularly used horses. And these would be the roads that a prosperous farmer or local lawyer would ply in a Packard. So the proving grounds weren't pie in the sky testing at all. That said, I am not brave enough to ford a stream in a pushbutton car, in fact am not brave enough to own one at all for regular use.
The Caribbean style hood and side trim is handmade. The hood only weighs a few pounds more than stock and does not require a prop as the originals did. George Hamlin and I did an April Fools piece for a Packard Club mag that this was a prototype for a Canadian market sport sedan called the Banff. Not everyone realized the joke. Yes, put them thru their paces and get some real driving pleasure. I was grinning like an idiot all day.
Posted on: 2011/6/12 11:43
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I forge a 36' wide 8" deep creek at least 2 or 3 times a year with my 56 Executive with push button and no problems at all. I doubt that it catches any more water than a long haul in a rain storm.
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Ross wrote:......get some real driving pleasure. I was grinning like an idiot all day. Is that why people look at me when I'm driving my Packard?
Posted on: 2011/6/12 21:05
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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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