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Nice rear ends. :cool:

Hi Ron, I sent an email to the shop that did the metal work on my car. Here is a place he uses. Auto Machine 310 N. 6th Street St. Charles, IL. 60174 630-584-1188 Talk to Kim and tell him Dan from International sent you.Very knowledgeable and fair.

Saturday April 16, 2011 My brother and I just spent 8 hrs today hanging the fenders so we could line them up with the new running boards I had made to drill the holes in them before I send them off with the neighbor to have them powder coated. We had a set back getting to drilling the holes because one fender was giving us a ruff time since the mounting holes on the main body are off the mark . We will have to do some modification to the fender in order to get all the holes to line up.

Received mine the other day and skimmed through it until I stumbled over the GTO pages. I had to close it up because tears started to run down my cheek and I did not want to get the pages all wet. O how I wish I still had my '70 GTO with the 455 HO motor..... Keep up the great work on the magazine.

I am also an AutoCad user. HandBak, Nice work there. What program are you using to do your modeling and rendering?

Mark,Welcome to the AACA. Very interesting forum name you have there. That is the same name I have for my AOL email. Hope we don't get confused here. You have yourself a sentimental Packard there if it were mine I would keep it and restore it. Any chance you you can share some pictures with us, Good Luck with it.

Yes I have put 350 miles on her since getting her back out of a long hibernation. Was hoping to get the rear fender painted last summer but they needed more work then I had originally thought. Hopefully this summer I can get them painted and then onto the front monsters.

Here are some photos of the roof material that my younger brother and I install late last summer From My other blog "With the help of my younger bother last week. We got the windshield installed. We also install the fabric/vinyl roof material. It was not as hard to install as one would think. I think the installation went a little easier is because I took out the chicken wire for support of the material and replaced it with a 1/8" thick piece of birch plywood. I glued and screwed the wood to the bows and on the edges I used some top of the line black urethane caulk. Before installing the material I had this bright idea why not take some extra steps and figure out how can I seal up the seams and all the extra holes in the roof gutter from the previous roof material. While walking around the home store I glanced over to the gutter isle and a bell went off in my head ahh here we go a 4" x 10' roll of gutter/chimney repair/seal stuff. It worked like a charm. I wish I would of taken pictures of all my steps for you to all see but I did not. Was just so up on getting the material installed it slipped my mind." The installation was done after I had painted the car. We made sure to tape off the work area so not to damage the paint. More can be seen here http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s2 ... ackard%20Top%20Installed/

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Mine was when our great uncle would take us for a drive around Marquette Park in Chicago in his '31 Packard. Which is the same car I own today. :cool:

B, I had asked Bob (the gent I purchased my material from) and this was his reply.

Snooze I loose... Maybe another one will come around

Good Morning Mike, Can we get some dimensions please? Thanks

Posting photos for Mike

Hello All, I am in need of some parts for my luggage rack. What I need is the knurled bolts and the screws that hold on the 1/4-1/2 moon chrome pieces (which hold the wood trim stripes to the luggage rack) as you can see in the attach picture. The picture is not of my parts it from an email I received from someone back in 2008. Thanks and a Happy New year to you all. Tom

Hi Bob, I will be in need for rubber matting for my '31 and was shocked on the prices some of the other places are asking. I was thinking of just going to a home store and buying a roll of the rubber matting they use for like entry ways of stores etc. Yours look really close if not identical to mine. What is your asking price if I may ask?

Received mine here in the Midwest last week Paul what part of Florida are you in? I am heading out this Saturday to visit my stepfather in Sarasota for the week. If you live in the area maybe we can hook up and do lunch or dinner?

keiser31, Thanks for the clarification. The more I looked at that photo that is what I thought. And also thanks for the safety tip. I don't have a cage but wondering if one could wrap a chain around it.

This is heart breaking and insane prices. Wish I kept my '70 455 HO GTO now. Has anyone heard of this collection? 1971 Pontiac GTO Judge 455 H.O. Convertible 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV Convertible 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV Convertible The Milton Robson Collection

I have attached a picture of a Packard Wooden Spooked Wheel. Wish mine looked this good. I will have six of them to refinish. :eek:

Anyone have any pictures of dismounting a tire from a wooden artillery rim like on my '31 Packard?

Hi Bernie, Some of them are sure not trailer queens are they. It is great to see them out on the road like that. Thanks for taking the time of sharing your adventure and pictures with us. Now get back to that beloved Packard of yours. It wants to be out on the road with the rest of the touring cars

This is all we have Mine 1931 STD 8 Packard Twins 1957 4 Door Chevy Blair

O man I had to do it 1st for a little hot shot 2nd 68 Goat 3rd 67 Goat No Packard's