Tom M

RivRoger, What area of Chicago? Private owner or dealer?

Would that be Riverside Illinois ?

Hi Hupp, Curious does this car have the '32 upgrade? Oops my bad I re-read the first post it does Is the stone guard V-shaped also? Are they willing to sell the parts separately?

Good Morning all, A few years back we had a bad storm roll through and our house was hit by lightning. What we learned from that is to go around and unplug things like the TV's, stereo etc. Well while we were going around to unplug things all of the sudden we heard a loud bang and there was very bright flash. Yes we were hit once again. As Sue and I were walking around the house checking to see what got damaged/blown she called me out to the garage. We had water coming in through the sills. As I walked around Old Bessie (Packard) I am like what the heck is this on the floor. I picked up the object and go this sure looks like the cap for Bessies battery. I look over the side mount tire and this is what I saw. Yes the battery blew it's top. So what I gathered what happen here is that I had a Battery tender attached to the battery. This tender is just one of them small 6v ones that is like a little transformer. When the lighting hit it went through the tender and just blew the top right off the battery. I posted this to let others know if you have a tender attached to your vehicle and a storm starts to roll through your area please detach the tender as you can see what can happen.

I have used these with some dish soap on my new white walls

Hi Bill, D&D Classic Bright Works, Piqua, Ohio Here you will find before and after shots http://forums.aaca.org/showthread.php?t=213384&page=10&p=755718&viewfull=1#post755718

I have had good luck using http://www.uship.com/ I have used uship to get bids on shipping tires back to the company I purchased them from. Had engine shipped to and from Ohio. You can set your price if you like.

Curious would them Wire wheels fit a '31 833?

You are not getting on my nerves posting photos. Always great to see that these car are still up and running around the world. Thanks for posting them and please keep them coming.

So that is where my lost wrenches went too. Nice Art work

Anthony, I believe I found your site http://www.redhotrelics.com/shop.php. You have some great looking signs there. For now I will have to take a pass since the price of them would take a good bite out of my restoration funds for the Packard. Maybe sometime down the road. Thanks

Can you post what you are asking? Some of us don't us facebook Do you have any Phillips 66 signs? Thanks

David, A few pictures of mine that was done by hand by a lady that works for the place that did the metal work on my car. She did an outstanding job. It is now reinstall in car which I sill need to get some photos of it with all the chrome trim back on it.

Hi Matt, Sure hope I don't run into this matter with my tires again. Already had to replace them once. See my thread here http://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11476&forum=4&post_id=119165#forumpost119165 I too had the rim all nicely painted and now from the dismounting of the tire and remounting of the new tires my rims got a little beat up also. Like you Matt I like the looks of the White's and the tread pattern of the Firestone's. If they are to yellow again I am not sure what I will do?

Taylormade, I used their primers and trust what the user here have to say about it. http://www.spiuserforum.com/showthread.php?682-Sandblast-then-Epoxy&highlight=sand+blast

Hi Josh, I am also a DIYer. Here are some products that I have used on my restoration. I am very please with their service and support. The primers I used are from Southern Polyurethanes, Inc http://www.spiuserforum.com/forum.php Paint was Prospray which I purchased from Chad at Auto Rod Technologies/Chad's Paint and Audio Home Page.

Barry, Wow very impressive 3d work there. What cad software and rendering tools are you using?

Dave, I am not sure if mine are original either. But will get a photo for you.

Do you have in your stock the golf door lock for a '31? How about Door handles for a '31?

What quick service I have received from Universal Tire. When we got home from work on Friday four tires were sitting on our front stoop. My twin and younger brother came over on Saturday and help me dismount the other tires. My nicely paint rims got a few chips here and there I knew that was going to happen because them snap rings are not the easiest to get off and on. A little sanding and touch up will be needed. Before mounting the new tires we took the rims over to a tire/truck repair shop. They put them on a machine and four out of the six had noticeable out of roundness to them. The two that did not we marked to use for the fronts. The worst ones we used for the side mounts. I still will need to take tires back to shop and see how they balance out with the new tires. Can these rims with wooden spokes be straighten? If new ones are in order in the future I think them chrome wire spoke rims would look good on the car. Is anyone making the chromed spoke ones for the '31? Thanks all for you input.

Update over the winter the whites on the tires turned yellow. I wrote an email to the place I purchased the tires had replied back asking me few questions. Instead emailing I gave him a call back today. He stated that it a manufacturers defect on how they installed the white wall. So at no cost to me with shipping they will be sending me 4 new tires. All I need to do is send him back the other ones. Not sure if it correct for me to say what company it is but it is https://www.universaltire.com/

Bryan, I with mrspeed and Matt this is a great idea. If you are ever in the Chicago, ILL area I'd be happy to give you a ride in Old Bessie.

Ply33, Thanks for the how-to. I do not have a dial indicator but I am sure I can check with some friends who may have one. It is a bit cold out in the garage plus we have all the summer outdoor thingies in the garage that are in my way This procedure may have to wait. Am thinking out loud here. But what if I take the side-mount tires that have the old tires mounted to them and give them a run on the front. This may tell me if its the new tires?

Tom, I did not check the rims for trueness before I mounted the new tires since they did not have any wobble before installing the new tires. Maybe they are out now I am not sure. If I need to check the rims for trueness does this mean I will need to dismount the tires? As you probably know it is not and easy task to dismount them and we would run the risk of scratching up the paint etc. Maybe I will just drive under 40 and live with it or is that not a good idear?

37gman, Now I see what you are looking for. Thanks for posting the picture. My '31 are wood grained. Could you find a metal fabricator to make them for you then have them chromed?