John_Mereness

I have one available that was an extra for my 1931 Cadillac 355B Town Sedan. It does need replated, though it has tons of original chrome and only mild pitting (ie. why I kept is as a spare as I knew if I ever needed one this was the one I needed). Cincinnati, OH johnmereness@aol.com 513-478-1887

Would anyone out there need a set of NOS transmission bearings for their 1929 - 1930 - 1931 Stutz with a Detroit 4 speed transmission. I have a set that I purchased for my 1930 franklin 147, but trans shifted so nice and car was such low mileage that I never installed them. This is an entire set from stem to stern. My cost back 15 years ago was close to 1K and was the last complete set know to exist on the globe at that time. Thanks johnmereness@aol.com

Well, we had the 1946 Custom Super Clipper at the Lexington Concours and we also had the 1914 4-48 Runabut there as well. A great thanks goes out to out CPA/Tax Accountant Dwain Fansler for all the hard work on the 1914. 10 minutes ago I just received the call that the 1914 was all spit shined, touched up and ready to go to Meadowbrook Concours "Concours d'Elegance of America" A special thank you goes to Joashua Shaw of Shaw Hot Rods - the best historic sprint car restorer, pinstripper, and paint touch up guy out there. Bio - Shaw Hot Rods See everyone at Meadowbrook! Home

Hello, Nothing too new. We have a great guy starting in June who is Co-op"ping " from McPhearson College in Kansas - he starts June 01. We also have a new Events Director "Jackie' and she is dynamite.

Trying to get pictures to load - but same old story (logged in and it tells me to log in to get pictures loaded and a no-go).

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

I measured a week ago plus, just did not have your number handy and it has been a really tied week. All three twin Six chassis are a different lenght. Lucky us.

A fellow by the name of Jim Malloy in Columbus, OH had one made back in the 80's. It was a 35 or 36 and very well done. The back fenders are a pair of rights and lefts matched and welded together on each side of car. When car was done it was black w/orange trim. The V-12 needed rebuilt and a cadillac was in its place. The guy he had make the car made a good two dozen boattails of various makes and age - they are out there and well done so use care in purchasing.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

You are welcome to make arrangements to view the one at the Packard Museum in Dayton. Schedule with Donna at events@americaspackardmuseum.org.

Can't play Packards all the time. Here are some Auburn Pictures that we took during and after parade; and and on way back downtown post club dinner. My nephew "Carter" is a big Auburn fan at 2 years old (and his second ACD weekend). We did what uncles do best after we took the picture at the restored filling station - WE CHASED DOWN TRAINS.

A few more night shots. People rarely see the place at night unless you schedule a wedding reception, but Museum does have a cool look at night.

This was a little project that ate some time prior to Auburn. My 851 phaeton eats a tappet just a week and a half prior to the 600 mile ACD festival round trip. Fortunately, the probelm showed itself about a half block from home after having just completed a 130 mile round trip to have new tie rod ends installed, aligned, and all wheels rebalanced. Car performed flawlessly for labor day weekend.

Here are my most recent picture of the 32 Twin Six. It is coming along - slowly but coming along - never seems to be enough money to go around and I have a pretty agressive agenda of projects throughout the Museum. Needs a battery and Classic Car Club of America, Indianapolis Region, Oil Project (10w40 oil) D.A. Lubricants Oil installed to get the car started; and will need exhaust within minutes therafter - very very sad exhaust system that has been bandaged for far too long and now just nothing left of it.

The 1925 LeBaron Speedster Phaeton gets new 7:00 x 21 Blackwalls. The car actually has Firestone rims on it (and such are stamped on the rim and the locking ring). The new tires are great - they are an exact reproduction of originals and made by Coker. Coker went out of their way to make sure the car had new tires and they could not have been more gracious. A special thanks to the folks at Coker tire. The old tires literally fell apart while we were out roadtesting in the week prior to Meadowbrook Concours. The end was near, but we made it through the concours and then loaned car out for a parade to a museum volunteer - he came back with cords and little to no treads. Still, this was one job to get these installed on car as the flaps had bonded themselves to the rims and the old tyres had to be dynamited off.

Hello, Thanks you for the Chrome offer but the economy is a little tough on museums right now and I have to operate on the pricipal of "Donation" or 25 "cents on the dollar."

Joshua Shaw just finishes up touching up paint and re-pinstriping the 1925 LeBarron Touring (one of two built and the only known survivor). It cost $10,000 new and is one of the very first Hot Rod sort to speak in that it has a custonm grill, hood, and cowl in relation to its custom body and they are basically 4 to 6 inches lower than a normal Packard. To put in an endorsement - ONE SWEET RIDE AS WELL - SMOOTH ON THE ROAD WITH A GREAT GEAR SOUND. We were just notified today that to allow car to be driven up at the Meadowbrok Concours that Coker Tire would be providing new Firestones to go on its original Firestone wheel rims. 7:00 X 21 is the size and Coker makes a great historic reproduction. Timing will be critical here so fingers are crossed.

Can anyone ID this SAC Badge ?

Stay tuned: 1903 Packard Gray Wolf was shown this past weekend at Ault Park Concours d'Elegance - www.ohioconcours.com Pictures should also be posted at these great sites: http://www.conceptcarz.com/default.aspx and Link to pictures posted on Cincinnati.Com http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=AB&Date=20090614&Categ ory=NEWS01&ArtNo=906140802&Ref=PH --

Helpful hint w/a V-12 and V-16: Make sure the exhaust manifolds are tight and w/out leaks as if there are any leaks the unspent fuel when coming into contact with such air leak will casue fuel to recombust in the headers and cause backfiring. Similar backfire problem is also often caused by bad ignition condensors (a Chevy 6 cyl condensor from a 6 volt 50's model will work fine for each). For any overheating problems: make sure radiator hoses have wires in them.

1933 Packard Super 8 7-Passenger Touring/Phaeton- Bought new by the Proctor family of Proctor and Gamble (note the "black out" chrome - god forbid we show our wealth in the middle of a depression). This is a totally unrestored car excepting new tires and now new carpet. We cut new gray wilton carpet to replace the threadbear set that had been installed in the 1940's but unfortunately we are totally out of budget for these types of projects and new binding will have to wait for another month - it has a debut at the Glendale, Ohio car show later this month. The way I best like the museum - impressive at any time but at night the neon and look of cars is great. The car to the right is a fairly unrestored 34 Standard 8 Coupe-Roadster. Do you see the test patch for the new floor finish (see under the 34) - out of budget for this project as well - but fingers are crossed for a donor.

A night shot of the 1931 1932 Twin Six Prototype Engine.

A night shot of the 54 Carribean - Has anyone a stash a green leather to match this color ?

The 1939 Packard 120 Rollson Formal Town Car gets a valve job and some engine detailing - more details to follow.

There are actually two (one original and one reproduction). The Packard Museum in Dayton has the original and the other is an amazing duplicate has been built using the original drawings by a fellow by the name of Ted Davis in Oklahoma (at the cost of some half million dollars). My guess is the original was saved in the early days of car collecting by Barney Pollard of Detroit. The original is powered by a very rare Model K Packard engine. My understanding was the original was wrecked at some early point (1904 or so) and the restoration was done in the early days of car collecting to a level that was the best available for the time period though is not up to today's standards. I am not sure if Ted's is powered by an original "K" engine or an exact reproduction (stunning nevertheless) engine. Both cars were exhibited together at Amelia Island Concours two years ago (see www.conceptcarz.com for pictures). JMM