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(5687) Four Hundred Hardtop Coupe - sanddoc
Model Information | |||
YEAR: | 1956 | SERIES: | 56th |
MODEL: | 5687 | MODEL NAME: | Four Hundred Hardtop Coupe |
VIN NUMBER: | 011294 | THEFT NUMBER: | *MISSING* |
General Information | |||
STATUS: | Current Owner | STATUS DATE: | |
ACQUIRED WHERE: | Long Beach, Ca | ACQUIRED DATE: | |
ACQUIRED CONDITION: | Poor | ||
OWNED LOCATION: | Torrance, CA | OWNED CONDITION: | Good |
ORG DEALERSHIP: | DELIVERED DATE: | ||
Interior Information | Exterior Information | ||
INTERIOR CODE: | 86 | PAINT CODE: | MK |
PAINT NAME: | Scottish Heather | ||
INTERIOR DESCRIPTION: | Black Carper
Black and Red door panels
Black and Red seats
| EXTERIOR DESCRIPTION: | White top, Heather body, White lower
No damage to the car |
Drivetrain Information | |||
ENGINE SERIAL: | *MISSING* | ||
ENGINE: | 374 | TRANSMISSION: | Twin Ultra Matic |
Other Information | |||
OPTIONAL EQUIPTMENT: | Power seats, windows, wonder bar radio dual power antenna Load level suspension Power Brakes Power steering | ||
VEHICLE HISTORY/ PROJECT STATUS: | I found this Packard back in 1986 or 87, when I was divworking at Mel Burns Ford in Long Beach Ca./div div It was on the used car lot, on consignment. The owner/div divhad not been heard from for about 3 years, so the used car/div divmanager sold me the car for $35./div div I drove it home... old gas and all/div divAt some time I did a valve job done and installed the harden seats./div divused the Dodge 318 lifters/div divCar has always been a good driver, many trips to Tucson Az/div divand to Las Vegas/div divbr //div divbr //div divbr //div | ||
Vehicle Modifications | |||
MODIFICATIONS: | divI'm installing front Disc brakes at this time, using the F150/div divsetup that Paul used. I am also installing a Hydroboost system/div divfrom a Mustang v8, and using a remote master cylinder fill Installing new brake lines "poly armor"/div divThe transmission was rebuilt back in the late 80's by Bob/div divdown in Vista Ca.. he was in his late 70's then./div div I installed all new wheel cylinders, right after I bought the car/div divand I've had the power brake unit rebuilt twice that is why I'm switching to the Hydroboost, It's just smarter in the Ca traffic./div divI've been driving and had the brake fluid disappear from the MC/div divSorry don't have a good pic of the Packard on this computer... any longer/div divbr //div divbr //div | ||
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