Guest imported_Speedster Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Stretched Limo Anyone? Needs a Little Work. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1942-Pack...1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Rick, I guess we both saw the same thing at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JT Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">1942 Packard Clipper, Modified by a cabinet shop </div></div> Hope they didn't stretch the frame using 2x6's <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Everyone Knows you're supposed to use 2 X 10s. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 I borrowed a friends utility trailer ONCE! the only thing that was metal was the axle,springs and rims, and a steel bar that ran down the center for the tounge, the rest was made from 2x8's nailed together. the springs where bolted to the 2x6'es. it did not even have a proper coupler it was just a bolt through the trailer hitch where the ball should have been... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Ok, on this Clipper there are two things I am wondering what the heck they are for. There are two canisters, one near the firewall on the drivers side, and the other up near the radiator on the passenger side. What are they for?Also I am not sure why they would have a fuel pressure regulator in-line to the carb unless they converted it to an electric fuel pump.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Packard-C...608912238QQrdZ1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packard8 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Hard to say..... looks like a bit of "Agro-American engineering" going on there. Should be no need for a fuel pressure regulator unless it's running a HIGH pressure electric pump (and maybe that's why it won't start!). Maybe the two cans are Cooter & Billy Bob's solution to vacuum reserviors to keep the wipers and treadle-vac working? Maybe dual toilet paper oil filters (guaranteed to go 100,000 miles between oil changes)??? <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 What ever they are, <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> They probably Need to be taken Off and Sold on eBay, in the 'Special Items' Catagory. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 But that car is rare in itself, as it a Clipper Special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 So I take it Albert you have not found anything like those on your '54s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Not a one, the closest thing i have is the inverse oiler on the Clipper Special and thats not factory. the one on the firewall could be an oil filter, it does have a line on the bottom, and they both look the same, buy the car and find out..... there was only 970 of those built.. and i have one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Well if it was closer, and running I would take a shot at it. But right now its almost 1,000 miles round trip and I do not take a truck or trailer to go get it with. I agree its rare and it looks in better shape than my Deluxe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy Berger Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 This obviously should have been for a 1965 Packard not a 1954.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...B%3ASS%3AUS%3A1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 If only he had the complete V12 to fit my 54's though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 If this really the correct compressor? If it is, to bad its $450.00http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Packard-C...1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH56 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 It does appear to be the correct 53-4. I hope the new owner will also have the brackets and idler pulley setup already because they will probably be just as expensive and harder to find intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Yeah your probably right Howard. I guess I will just use a modern compressor setup when the time is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH56 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I think new would be the way to go unless you could latch onto a complete working system and transplant that -- which would be a project and a half and frankly, not that great a system IMHO. It would be a challenge to make just the compressor work with other modern stuff even. I'm kinda in the same dilemma with my 56 and the Leheigh compressor which needs apparently non existant parts. Am seriously considering a new Sanden replacement but toying with the idea of some kind of fibreglass cover that would disguise it somewhat. Maybe thats a really stupid idea for reasons besides the ones I've already thought of but if I go that route, would like it to look somewhat original at first glance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I was thinking of just buying a complete A/C kit that uses a Sanden compressor also. I guess I am still trying to find a good front Engine view picture that shows the belt and pulley arrangement with the OEM A/C installed on a 327. That way I can figure out what the heck I would need to piece together to get an aftermarket system mounted. It would be interesting to fab together a system that used only one belt with a tensioner. Kind of a poor mans serpertine setup.My car doesnt have power steering so thats one less pulley to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 kev i do have pics of the OEM setupof the compresor on the 54, i 'am also going to make up a compressor mount for a sendon type compressor for my 54 Patrician, just have to see if i can find a suiteable pully to fit the harmonc ballancer to get another belt. I found the sendon compressor clutch will pull in on 6v, but have also been think of using a small 12V alternator as a tensioner for the new belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Albert, that was the problem I thought I was going to have trying to locate a balancer pully that would work. What I was thinking was having a bracket machined that would bolt to the passener side of the engine that would hold compressor on the top and have a belt tensioner on the bottom with a small V groove pulley on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Howard send me an email with an interesting suggestion of just mounting a Sanden compressor to where the power steering pump would go. So all I would need is the OEM PS Bracket and Pulley. Any thoughts on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I have power steering on the Patrician, so i was going to mount the compresor in the same spot as Packard did. I'am going to use two of the head studs as well as maybe the exhaust and a couple of the water pump bolts. But i have to get down to the wreakers again and start looking for a 3ed pully for the bottom. i was going to make up a pattern from 3/16 plywood,and then make it from 3/16 or 1/4 plate at work where i can bend and shape it a lot easier with there equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Can You Believe It? A rusty Crank-handle, (which no one ever uses), at $298.00 <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...TRK%3AMEWA%3AIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Dang I should put my up for sale. It will help pay for part of my restortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 But then where would you be when that new-fangeled electic starter doo-dad stops working! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">But then where would you be when that new-fangeled electic starter doo-dad stops working! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> </div></div> Have you ever tried to start an 8 cyl. engine with a Crank? <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> I did one time, and I don't want to ever do that again. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> It never did start! If you can press 500.lbs, you may be able to get it spinning fast enough. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> But even then it will probably break your fingers, when it fired. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 I would make sure I am always parked on top of a hill. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 '56 HardTop for Sale. Only a Few Parts Missing. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The Top Doesn't look very Hard, to Me? <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1956-Pack...1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Another RunAway eBay Item! Hole Plug at $610. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> We guys on a tight budget just Don't have a chance anymore. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...TRK%3AMEWA%3AIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy Berger Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 And it's a reproduction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Wow I should resell the one I bought last year. I don't think I paid more the $50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 The same seller found a live one on this item as well!!! And it was only about a $50-100 item as well.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=250008833582&ih=015&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Yes, I was going to bid on the licence-plate-brackets also, until it went 'Over tha Top'! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> BTW you have to copy and paste eBay URLs into another browzer, after they are closed, to see them. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> They won't link directly, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 An interesting thing happened to a friend of mine as he was bidding on a 1940 Packard 120 club sedan without running boards. Supposedly Bohman & Schwartz did the job, but I don't think there's any proof. Not a big deal either way, as it's just a matter of taking the running boards off and putting a rocker panel on.Anyway, as the bidding neared $20,000, I told my friend that something seemed fishy about the other bidders on the car. He stopped just short of $20. The car "sold" for $30 in the last few seconds. One day after the auction ended, he gets an e-mail that says he can have the car for his high bid.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26pack Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Careful. This is also a scam being run on some people. After the item is sold, losing bidders get a "second chance" email. Not true! Its a total scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">something seemed fishy about the other bidders on the car. </div></div> Yes, there is a Lot of that Going On. Especially on High dollar Items. They usually get a family member or friend to run up the bid, and as long as they are at a different location there's no way to prove it. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 WHO Are These Guys ??? These two guys get in to outragious bidding Wars, on all the good Prewar parts, and no one else has a Chance!http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...TRK%3AMEWA%3AIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clipper47 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 As the saying goes "More money than brains" I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigKev Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 The funny thing is that PI sells them for $40 and they look exactly the same. Maybe I should buy some from PI and but them on Ebay for a nice profit! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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