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1192 [ 1601 ] Eight 4 Door Touring Sedan
| Model Information | |||||
| YEAR: | 1938 | SERIES: | 16th | ||
| MODEL BODY: | 1192 | MODEL CHASSIS: | 1601 | MODEL NAME: | Eight 4 Door Touring Sedan |
| VIN NUMBER: | 424743 | THEFT NUMBER: | *MISSING* | BRIGGS/OTHER NUM: | *MISSING* |
| General Information | |||||
| STATUS: | Current Owner | STATUS DATE: | |||
| ACQUIRED WHERE: | The Basin, Melbourne, Vic, Australia | ACQUIRED DATE: | |||
ACQUIRED CONDITION: | Good | OWNER: | JeffM43 | ||
OWNED LOCATION: | Mornington, Victoria, Australia | OWNED CONDITION: | Average | ||
| ORG DEALERSHIP: | DELIVERED DATE: | ||||
| Interior Information | Exterior Information | ||||
INTERIOR CODE: | PAINT CODE: | B | PAINT NAME: | Packard Blue | |
INTERIOR DESCRIPTION: | White Non Packard Cord | EXTERIOR DESCRIPTION: | Needs respraying and a lot of re-chroming
done on it. | ||
| Drivetrain Information | |||||
ENGINE: | 282 (8 cyl, 120 hp) | ENGINE SERIAL: | C309257 | ||
| TRANSMISSION: | 3 Speed Manual | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
OPTIONAL EQUIPTMENT: | Original 1938 Radio to be installed. | ||||
VEHICLE HISTORY/ PROJECT STATUS: | alignfont colorfont facefont bHistory of 1938 161D Packard Sedan/b/font/font/font alignfont colorfont facefont bNow owned by Jeff &am Marie Meyer - Mornington Victoria/b/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont sizebDetails:/b1938 Packard Straight 8 Sedan/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebModel:/b/font font size161D &ndash six wheel equipped/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebReg. Number:/b/fontfont sizePACK 38 - Victoria/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebEngine No: /b/fontfont sizeC 39 257/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebVIN Number: /b/fontfont size424743/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebColour:/b/font font sizePackard Blue/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebBore:/b/font font size3¼ x 4¼/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebCapacity: /b/fontfont size282 Cubic Inches/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebCompression:/b/font font size6.71 : 1/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebH.P: /b/fontfont size33.8 H.P Rated, Develops 12 BHP @ 3,6 RPM/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebWheel Base:/b/font font size127 Inches/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebManufactured/b/fontfont size: From 2/9/1937 to 2/9/1938/font/font/font/font align font colorfont facefont font sizebBody:/b/font font sizeFully imported Budd Body/font/font/font/font align alignfont colorfont face sizebStory:/b/font/font align font colorfont face sizefontKellow Falkner originally sold the car/fontfontto K/fontfontevin Skinner from 23 Belgrave Rd. Malvern East, Melbourne. The history between 1938 and 1963 is currently not known./font/font/font align font colorfont facefont sizeIn 1963 Graham Ashmore in Lilydale purchased the car from a deceased estate in very poor condition all the internal leather upholstery was shredded and paint work all cracked, nothing much was done to the vehicle until after November 1968 Fred McGeary became the new owner./font/font/font align font colorfont facefont sizeFred did a spare time restoration, which took him 4½ years to complete. He found that the motor was reasonably sound, but that he had to recondition the water &am fuel pumps and reline the brakes. The paintwork was stripped back to bare metal and repainted &ldquoPackard Blue&rdquo. The interior was completely taken out and re-trimmed in Dralon Bone Velvet. Carpets and head linings, plus the boot trim were also replaced. This is not correct for a Packard, but one day I may have it re-trimmed correctly./font/font/font align font colorfont facefont sizeEvery year from 1972 until 1981 the car won the best Packard concourse award at the Classic &am Historic Automobile Club of Australia rally. Other awards were also won during this period./font/font/font align font colorfont facefont sizeWhen Fred could drive no more, he sold the car in 1997 to Norm McBride from Dromana. Norm did some restoration work on the engine and replaced the gearbox and differential. He kept the car for less than 12 months and then sold it to Graham Nicholls from The Basin in February 1998./font/font/font align font colorfont facefont sizeJeff &am Marie Meyer purchased the car from Graham in March 22. It was purchased with the plan to use it as an all weather car to attend various Packard and Car Club functions when it was impractical to use the 193 Packard 733 Roadster. It has been on the 22 Ansett Challenge to Adelaide and the Packard 22 Outback Rally to Broken Hill./font/font/font align font colorfont facefont sizeIn 23 when fitting a new water pum one of the screws damage cylinder number one's wall, so the engine was pulled down and completely rebuilt by Ken Hill in Baxter with parts imported from the USA. The gear box was also overhauled and the complete engine chain harmonically balanced. A new radiator was also fitted./font/font/font align font colorfont facefont sizeThe master cylinder over hauled and brake lines changed to steel from copper. Wheel cylinder brakes kits were also installed./font/font/font align font colorfont facefont sizeThe engine was put back in the car in 21, but during the down period 7 years the bonnet, bumper bar and front grill all rusted due to sweating under the covers./font/font/font align align font colorfont facefont sizeAs at February 214 the vehicle is still in this state and is a long term restoration process that will be completed when spare finances are available./font/font/font | ||||
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