[John_Mereness]

Hello,

Attached (hopefully) are pictures of my next sympathetic restoration project, a very original and almost virtually untouched 1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Seven Passenger Sedan. The car is perhaps the only closed 906 that exists. The project includes mechanics (hoses, fan belt, carb, fuel pump and etc), replacement of broken die cast, some minor paint touch up, repainted wheels, replated lock rings, restored hubcap emblems, and new 7:50 X 18 Bedford Double White Wall Tires (they came last week and are spectacular) from Lucas Tire. This week the project consisted of research and new Wiper Arms from Ficken. A new stainless driver's taillight bracket came today via Marge Verdone. We were also lucky several weeks ago to track down its original sidemount tread covers and are on the look out for the original side plates. The project for next week is having a locksmith make the missing keys (tool box, battery box, ignition, pass door, and tire locks). A few other people are helping with missing parts as well and we will update you as this project shapes up.

Does anyone have a set of Trico air horns or at last trumpets ? You will see a broken up set on the front and will replace them as holes are drilled in front fenders.

Does anyone have a V-12 rack and/or a set of luggage rack strips? I can make do with the non 12 rack if needed.

How about a driver's side interior sunvisor ?

Who has recast the passenger side hood handle ?

This car is in the permanent collection of Citizen's Motor Car Company, America's Packard Museum, in Dayton, Ohio. The museum is in an original Packard dealership from 1917 and sits on a 1/4 downtown city block.

The museum is starting an "Adopt A Car" program (I am first with this 32) and we are starting a more active volunteer base (time for some handy people to come out of their retirement - plenty of projects for every taste). If interested in helping, please e-mail me at johnmereness@aol.com

Visit:
The Citizens Motor Car Company
America's Packard Museum
420 S. Ludlow St.
Dayton, Ohio 45402
Office 937.226-1710
Fax 937.224.1918
AmericasPackard@aol.com
A Section 501 (c)(3) organization under
the Internal Revenue Code.
All gifts are fully tax deductible.


Thanks,

John M. Mereness, Esq.

[John_Mereness]

Here are a few interior photos. A good cleaning and some careful moth repair is very much in order.

Visit:
The Citizens Motor Car Company
America's Packard Museum
420 S. Ludlow St.
Dayton, Ohio 45402
Office 937.226-1710
Fax 937.224.1918
AmericasPackard@aol.com
A Section 501 (c)(3) organization under
the Internal Revenue Code.
All gifts are fully tax deductible.


JMM

[F&J]

Hi John, I will PM you about a long time clasic era restorer/collector/shop owner that might be of some help. He is mainly Packards of that age, with some big Cadillacs/etc thrown in. He is the guy that helped me track down the former owners of my 32 Nash.

I'll find his card and send the info today.

[John_Mereness]

Hello,

I did not get very far this week due to the job search - so much for negotiating Software purchases for one of the World's largest banks. I did snap some engine photos for those asking and I did grab the battery box lid to start getting keys made (hopes are that same key fits Battery, tool, and spare tire locks, perhaps even a door handle if we hold our breath.

JMM

[John_Mereness]

This weeks visits were productive in many other ways also. Cincinnatian's Dan Shaw and his son Joshua Shaw (well known in Rat Rod, Hot Rod, pinstripping, sign painting, and historic race car restoration), were kind enough to stop in all day Friday and touch up the original paint and pinstripe on the Museum's 1935 Packard Dietrich Twelve Convertible Sedan. The big yellow car was looking very enticing to play connect the dots on so their help is greatly appreciate. The Twelve also runs super sweet thanks to Daytonian, Don Boeke, "The Egyptian."

[John_Mereness]

Twin Six gets reproduction front frame end covers via Bill Hirsch and a restored trunk rack emblem being Dale Adams.

[John_Mereness]

Twin Six gets a radiator cap rebuild via parts courtesy of Max Merritt. The cap was loose as a goose and sat crooked. Inspection revealed the inside of the cap was cobbled up junk from the inside of an old gas cap. Now with new reproduction guts it actually will be able to function as a cap - nice reproduction part.

[John_Mereness]

Stopped in on Tuesday after a job fair at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (thousands of unemployed people showed up - a real mad house but made two really good contacts - helps being from a top 5 global business) and installed a pair of pedal pads from Bill Hirsch

[John_Mereness]

Made some progress on Friday. Several weeks ago a tailight base came from Marge Verdone and I have been prepping it to installation - which went very well. The original was badly broken and being die cast was best replaced with a new casting (in this case stainless). Also Hoosiers (the nickname given to people from Indiana) Steve and Roger Gardner stopped in the prior weekend and traded me (they needed a Bijur pump) the rare Trico Clarion Air Horn buggles to replace the destroyed originals - You see these installed in the same place on only two other cars - both of which were custon designed for personal use by Walter P. Chrysler (a roadster and a sedan that both survive today). Also, installed a new gas cap from Bill Hirsch to replace the original - they must have heard something fall off so they backed up over it see what it was.

[John_Mereness]

Had a few unexpected projects on Friday. First one was that the 1947 (originally purchased by ganster Al Capone - his last new car ever purchased prior to death) would not run so worked with the guyes through the day. Here is a picture of Scott with it at perhaps midnight just prior to being able to get it to run.

Therafter, we were discussing the 30 Town Car and determined the car was in dire need of a trunk for storage of misc items that would be required for its use in a Saturday wedding - so we scavanged up a trunk from the basement and gave it a good clean up. Surprise was that trunk was filled with a perfect set of luggage (temp set aside). Argh, we finished this project at like 1:30 a.m.