Jim Skelly
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The air cleaner is missing, at least one door panel is missing, apparently the seats are out of the car or missing, windshield garnish molding is missing some screws, but 'dash is complete' ...
Hurry up and buy it before the price goes up!
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Not many of those were made and it was built on a Plymouth chassis.
To complete the package, this 1956 Powell pickup comes with a 1950 Powell scooter | Hemmings
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This topic got moved to the Chrysler section instead of to Buick.
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That's a 1963-only grille for sale. The '64 encompasses the headlights and has a dip in the bottom of the grille (shown on the right).
I bought a '63 LeSabre/Invicta/ Electra 225 grille off of Facebook recently for $20 that had a minor dent/crack and was missing the center emblem (which I've had for over 50 years). It will make great garage wall art. The one for sale seems reasonably priced.
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It's a nice car. One correction: it's lacquer paint - not enamel.
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I got tired of flipping through the ultra-thin pages in HMN and trying to read the small print as I got older. Then the car ads were dominated by cars for auction.
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I was thinking it might be a $20,000 car and then I read Steve Mack's comment! The statement about how many remain is pure conjecture. It looks like the driver's side rear fender got creased. It would be a fun car for someone to fix up and enjoy.
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yes, the Wildcat scripts are correct; too bad someone had to junk the car up a bit
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What are the little doodads below the Wildcat script on both quarter panels and the blobs/vents on the rocker panels?
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The convertible was never reissued but the hardtop is readily available.
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The two-tone paint doesn't help this car at all.
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It's not a bad price for someone who is looking for an old car as long as it is mechanically decent and isn't rusted.
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This same car was advertised earlier this year on the forum. It's located in Houston. Where would you even park such a thing with those protrusions?
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When I see comments on this forum or Internet ads that claim "such and such is the only remaining one" I have to question that. It may be the only known example but every year there are individual cars and collections that come up for auction or at estate sales that collectors didn't know to have survived.
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When these were built, most cars had a floor shift, so only two people could sit in the front seat. Two-door convertibles usually had a rumble seat to accommodate two more passengers. A four-door convertible would allow easier entry and exit and a more comfortable environment for the extra passengers. Also recall that most coupes and convertibles had a small seating area behind the front seat with a seat back and small cushion to sit on and no leg room.
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On 12/8/2023 at 4:33 AM, f.f.jones said:
In my opinion, the worst application of a vinyl top is on the 1966 Toronado. Totally breaks up the intended design.
From what I read on this forum earlier this year, a vinyl top wasn't available on the '66 Toronado. It should not have been available on any Riviera from '65-'76, or the '67-70 Eldorado or Toronado. Unfortunately, it became a popular option. I've even seen it on a '95-'99 Riviera! 😟
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16 hours ago, EmTee said:
Bucket seats w/ 'consolette' and column shift makes sense for Cadillac and might explain why so few were sold. There's really not much difference in appearance between that and the strato bench seat.
The problem with the Eldorado bucket seats was the different height between the console armrest and the armrest on the door panel, which would not be comfortable on a long trip. It was a very poor design that was basically a color-keyed console lid pad. The bench seat center pull-down armrest was done properly. That is what my '68 has. Pictured are the '67-'68 bucket seat version followed by the '69-70 version. The seat patterns are identical between the bench and bucket seats for a given year. They should have done the bucket seats with a real center armrest above the console such as what Chrysler did.
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Here's the information I got from the Ward's Automotive Yearbooks a few years back. The 1968 Yearbook would indicate 1967 production, the 1969 Yearbook would indicate 1968's production, etc. The category is called something like 'most popular options'.
In 1967 75% of Eldorados were ordered with the optional vinyl top.
In 1968 it was on 86.6% of Eldorados.
In 1969 it was on 92% of Eldorados,
In 1970 it was ordered on 94% of Eldorados.The moldings were painted steel (not stainless steel) and rust out - especially on the bottom horizontal piece and lower corner pieces and around any metal retaining clips. I pulled a set of smooth moldings off of a '68 in a Detroit junkyard about ten years ago. It was a no-vinyl top car with severe rust in the cowl area and trunk floor. I have seen a few cars listed for sale with stainless steel rear backlite molding but don't know the source of those moldings. If a car came equipped with a vinyl top, it should have textured moldings to match the texture of the vinyl. A no-vinyl top car's body plate will list the body color twice or the body color followed by a dash. If the car originally came with a vinyl top, there will be a number following the dash to signify the vinyl top color.
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seller doesn't own a vacuum cleaner
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NICE and $10,700 is a great price
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On 11/30/2023 at 6:24 AM, wayne sheldon said:
Been quite awhile since I bought anything from them. So I don't know if they still have those pieces or not. But you could try Restoration Supply company in Sothern California.
Good people.
Most of the basic parts are interchangeable across many Motometers. "Almost" any senior size glass should fit a Packard Motometer. Lots of broken Motometers around with maybe one good glass that should fit fine. Packard Motometers are usually one of the largest size ones, and actually fairly common. I repaired a fair number of Motometers years ago, and at one time had a few extra glasses of both the senior and junior sizes. I still have a couple Motometers to maybe repair, and don't think I have any extra glasses left. I swapped them around several times (senior and junior sizes do NOT interchange!) and never had a senior glass that didn't fit another senior meter. However, there were a few very rare special meters that required special glasses, and some special models that used no glasses (note, early and base model truck and tractor meters also often used no glasses.)
it's on p. 62 of the pdf file of their catalog; a kit includes 2 lenses, screws, 2 gaskets
For Sale: 1939 Packard Six coupe - $26,500 - West Covina, CA - Not Mine
in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale
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according to autocolorlibrary.com, just 2 shades of maroon were offered in '39 and '40