1949-1950 Station Sedan

[Joe Cocuzza]

I am in the process of purchasing a 1950 Packard Station Sedan. It needs a few parts that are missing but is relatively complete.

I do not have any pictures yet as it is tucked in a storage unit and it is very tight. I will post pics ASAP.

In the meantime I have some questions.

The car has doors on it that are not "cut out" for the wood yet they have what looks like factory applied woodgrain. Is this possible?

I am not too concerned about this as It comes with several extra doors with the "cut out" for the wood.

It is missing the door sill plates, the rear license plate bracket and light and the upper tailgate handle. Anybody know where these can be obtained?

The wood is in good/useable condition and the interior is excellent.

It has new rocker panels welded in. It does, however, need a trunk/spare tire pan as that is rotted in the corners. Is there anyone who does sheetmetal for these cars?

Are there any specific things to look for on these cars as I am not too familiar with Packards?

 

Joe

[Joe Cocuzza]

Went to see/buy the Packard today.

Here are the #'s I got from it.

On the tag on the cowl - 2393-5 3570

On the engine - G27136CE?

So I believe the cowl tag info makes it a 1950 (that is what is on the title)

but the engine is a 1949 according to information I have looked up???

Here are a few pics - very difficult while in the storage unit.

Joe

[Owen_Dyneto]

The "G" prefix engine code is a 22nd Series and engine numbers just continued on uninterrupted from 1948 thru to the changeover to the 23rd series in mid 1949.

[Joe Cocuzza]

Thanks Owen

[ScarredKnightfan]

I don't have any info for ya, Joe, but from what is visible, it appears to be good.  Did you buy it, then?

 

 

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[Joe Cocuzza]

Yes I did buy it but I have not gotten it home yet. Maybe in a couple of weeks.

[ScarredKnightfan]

Cool beans ... congratulations & enjoy it!

 

 

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[HH56]

Congratulations on acquiring what appears to be a nice station sedan.  One thing I see is the heater is bypassed -- probably due to a leak in the core or thermostatic valve.   When you get around to repair,  it appears the car may have the hoses reversed at the valve. Heater will work the way it is now and with other noises in the car the reversed valve may never be noticed. Just in case, here is the correct routing and explanation of why the hoses should be changed around.

[Joe Cocuzza]

Thanks for the info HH56. I will look into the hose routing.

Also, thanks for the compliments.

Hopefully I will be dragging the beast home this Saturday. I can then get some better pictures.

I know, as mentioned in my first post, that the doors on the car do not appear to be originals. I do have 7 other doors - all station sedan ones. There are 4 that are painted the same color as the car. 3 of those have the wood on them and 1 does not have the wood on it. I do have a few boxes of wood with the car so I will need to rummage through them and see what's what.

I have found almost all of the missing parts. I am still looking for the upper tailgate "T" handle.

 

Thanks, Joe

[Joe Cocuzza]

Okay, I got the Packard home today. Because the weather was looking threatening my son and I were forced to get it into the shed ASAP. Hence the crummy pictures.

As you can see the wood on the doors is attached in a "non-original" fashion. On the passenger side there is no wood attached except around the window frames. Someone took regular sedan doors and attached this wood to them. As I said before I have the 4 original doors plus 3 extra station sedan ones. When the weather gets nice again (March - April) I will try to get it started and go from there.

I do have the upper and lower tailgate sections and I am planning on making them my winter project. I am taking them to the basement where I will sand and varnish them.

As is the case with most of these cars the trunk pan area is rotted. This was due to there being no rain gutter over the rear tailgate. So water leaked into the trunk area (even when the cars were new) and the sheetmetal didn't fair too well. But great news. Today I received the new trunk floor pan I ordered.

Oh yeah. The guy who towed it for me says to me after he unloaded it in my driveway that he was interested in buying it. Apparently he really liked it.

Joe