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If you buy it you have to go at night with flashlights to extricate it from some farmer's field.

I suspect those prices are if you are looking for the original style fins, honey comb or similar, but if you are willing to go with "new" style it will be much cheaper

Sadly price of recore is minimum 2500$ I checked and no guarantees that it fits normal again. I see radiator express has oem build one's for 1400 usd wondering if they ship to Canada or if anyone has dealt with them

I doubt the blue/gray interior was a n option in '48. I also think this Chevy would look better without two-tone exterior and painted in a darker color that would complement the wood trim.

I am not surprised at the price being asked. Trucks seem to be commanding rather high prices of late. They used to be bargains. I am sure it’s a combination of conditions. some, such as a rare Mack pickup (yes they made them) or a heavy Federal pickup - which checks both the rare and style boxes, always have been pricey but now it seems they are all getting up there even the larger 1-1/2 ton trucks which, with a few notable exceptions, always lagged well behind their smaller brethren. still bargains out there but they seem to be thinning out at bit.

I first thought they were about to shoot it.

As far as I know a 36 radiator fits nothing else. Maybe a 35 but I doubt it. Eights are different than sixes too. As I understand it a six radiator might fit in an eight, but not the other way around. I hope you find something, but recore is probably the only way.

Thanks.

I'd probably leave it there if I were you...

Look at that speedometer! Like an Edsel. Cool find.

Hello, Mine is original and is the same color as the engine. Best of luck, Reded

HOW MUCH ??

Never seen flash light photos used to sell a car.

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I had the original covers sandbasted which revealed that all three had broken some time in the past. I filled and sanded and dropped them off at the foundry to have recast in silicon bronze. Will report back. JR

Does this car bring back memories. I owned a twin in 1957/1959! No it’s not “perfect” but a sweet car! As another gentleman on this site often says, “I drove it like I stole it!” If I were only 30 years younger!

I say this all the time; those sunken eyeball headlights are just weird.

This thread reminds me of the Gibson Moderne guitar. The Gibson guitar company designed three radical-shaped guitars to be released in 1958. One was the Flying V, another was the Explorer, and the third was the Moderne. The V and the Explorer were actually produced, but in very small quantities, and are extremely rare today, and very expensive, like a quarter million dollars and up. The Moderne was never put into production, but some ex-Gibson employees swear there were at least three prototypes made that wound up in the "morgue," the room where they stashed failed designs in their Kalamazoo factory. At one point, they were supposedly cut up on a band saw and discarded. The story goes that two employees went dumpster diving and retrieved all the pieces and reassembled the guitars. But, no one has actually ever seen them. Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top claims to have one, but he won't let anybody see it, and he's probably the biggest BS artist in rock 'n roll history. Someone wrote an entire book on the Moderne. I wrote an article on the search for the Moderne for Premier Guitar magazine. It's the Tucker convertible of the guitar world, El Dorado, the Arc Of The Covenant. Did it really exist? We just don't know. Gibson has issued the Moderne several times in new form over the years, and it has never sold well. It's just a very odd design. I like it, but the guitar buying crowd never did.

Well, that was the problem. I just got it to start finally... I took apart the starter and switched the two positive brushes. Thanks everyone for your help. I'm going for a drive.

Precisely! Or of universal application: 3.14 x Radius squared x stroke x # of cylinders= CID

That's quite a bit more expensive than a pair of 97's. Are they that much better ? Quite a few Winfield's I have seen appear to be suffering from deteriorated castings.

...and then you woke up.

For Sale: 1940 Packard Model 120 4dr Sedan - Project - $15,000 - Cedar Hill, MO 1940 Packard Model 120 for sale by owner - Cedar Hill, MO - craigslist Seller's Description: 1940 Packard Model 120 Sedan 4-Door. Straight 8 Flathead. 3 Speed Manual on the column. Selling AS-IS, all original, engine turns, does not run, driver and passenger windows have cracks as shown in photos, radio is not installed but included. This has been in storage since the eighties. Last driven in 1983, ran good, engine used oil when last driven. Pick up in Missouri. Call me for more information, videos, photos, etc. Due to scams, I will not reply to any texts, please call me at the number given in reply. Price US $ 15,000.00 obo Cash Only, no trades. Thanks for looking and sharing. Contact: (314) 3-4-six-8-sixteen-6 Prefer a call, thanks Copy and paste in your email: 243bbef45650365aab74316dd94515ee@sale.craigslist.org I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1940 Packard Model 120 4dr Sedan - Project.

The triangle on the hub caps is a giveaway.