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1941-47 Packard Clipper parts<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <HR SIZE=1><!-- google_ad_section_start -->All parts, unless noted, are for 1941-47 Clippers, most are from 1946-47 seniors, and all are excellent to mint condition. Scroll down. I probably have it. Don't waste your time, money, energy with junk. All items cherry-picked from rust-free California Packards in the late 1960s, early '70s, cars which would be restored today. Inside storage since. Rear fenders with wheel house, complete with all inner structure and gas door, smooth and ding-free as the day they were produced, all 1941-47 junior and senior Clippers except limo. Same excellent shape rear doors for above, complete with windows and regulator assembly. Center pillar assembly, doorpost or "dogleg," left and right, for all except limo and base 1942-47 juniors. Hoods. Mint, immaculate, scratch- and ding-free, smooth and straight as the day they were stamped. One in prime, the other black, either original paint or good '50s Packard agency-quality respray. For 1941, and 1942-47 seniors. 1941-47 mint dash cigar lighter. 1942 180 Clipper, 1946-47 Custom Super rear seat ashtray lid, stainless/gold. Lovely. Windshield woodgrained finishing molding, sharp, 1946-47. Same for rear window. Custom Super front seat back duo-grained molding. Out of grille extensions, "cat whiskers" other than top left & top right for '42 junior, '46-'47 Deluxe 8, Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. Flawless, mint stainless moldings, 1941-47: Left rear door belt molding #370189. Right rear quarter belt mldg. #370190. Right front door stainless finishing rim #372530; left rear #372531. Rear floor stainless mldgs., all but limo. Complete junior left tail light including mint glass lens. Headlight retainer, rim, complete bucket assemblies. Complete rear seat fold-down armrest, nice original houndstooth upholstery. Or recover if your interior different. Nice interior door and window regulator handles and beige escutcheons, 1946-47. Mint chrome radio opening cover #371541, all 1941-47 but base 1946-47 juniors and taxi, in which it was painted. This is the large, diecast piece into which slide the controls for head/driving/fog/map lights, ElectroMatic, etc. Front bumpers. Straight and ding-free as the day they were produced, but need replating. 1942-50 356-ci Super-8 engine lower radiator to water pump steel elbow, very nice. In aircraft zinc chromate green primer, coincidentally same as Packard green! 356-ci cast-iron thermostat housing, all 1940-47 160/180, Super/Custom Super except 148" wheelbase. Horns for all 1941-47 Clippers, junior and senior. Gleaming black, gorgeous show and go 15" wheels, for 1942-47 seniors, including '42 160 convertible & '42 180 Darrin victoria. Not for limos, which use 16". Smaller parts sent Priority Mail or Parcel Post, insured. You or your shipper pick up large items, which are priced FOB San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area. Contact: mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

1941-47 Packard Clipper parts<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <HR SIZE=1><!-- google_ad_section_start -->All parts, unless noted, are for 1941-47 Clippers, most are from 1946-47 seniors, and all are excellent to mint condition. Scroll down. I probably have it. Don't waste your time, money, energy with junk. All items cherry-picked from rust-free California Packards in the late 1960s, early '70s, cars which would be restored today. Inside storage since. Rear fenders with wheel house, complete with all inner structure and gas door, smooth and ding-free as the day they were produced, all 1941-47 junior and senior Clippers except limo. Same excellent shape rear doors for above, complete with windows and regulator assembly. Center pillar assembly, doorpost or "dogleg," left and right, for all except limo and base 1942-47 juniors. Hoods. Mint, immaculate, scratch- and ding-free, smooth and straight as the day they were stamped. One in prime, the other black, either original paint or good '50s Packard agency-quality respray. For 1941, and 1942-47 seniors. 1941-47 mint dash cigar lighter. 1942 180 Clipper, 1946-47 Custom Super rear seat ashtray lid, stainless/gold. Lovely. Windshield woodgrained finishing molding, sharp, 1946-47. Same for rear window. Custom Super front seat back duo-grained molding. Out of grille extensions, "cat whiskers" other than top left & top right for '42 junior, '46-'47 Deluxe 8, Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. Flawless, mint stainless moldings, 1941-47: Left rear door belt molding #370189. Right rear quarter belt mldg. #370190. Right front door stainless finishing rim #372530; left rear #372531. Rear floor stainless mldgs., all but limo. Complete junior left tail light including mint glass lens. Headlight retainer, rim, complete bucket assemblies. Complete rear seat fold-down armrest, nice original houndstooth upholstery. Or recover if your interior different. Nice interior door and window regulator handles and beige escutcheons, 1946-47. Mint chrome radio opening cover #371541, all 1941-47 but base 1946-47 juniors and taxi, in which it was painted. This is the large, diecast piece into which slide the controls for head/driving/fog/map lights, ElectroMatic, etc. Front bumpers. Straight and ding-free as the day they were produced, but need replating. 1942-50 356-ci Super-8 engine lower radiator to water pump steel elbow, very nice. In aircraft zinc chromate green primer, coincidentally same as Packard green! 356-ci cast-iron thermostat housing, all 1940-47 160/180, Super/Custom Super except 148" wheelbase. Perfect 356 fan. Horns for all 1941-47 Clipper, junior and senior. Gleaming black, gorgeous show and go 15" wheels, for 1942-47 seniors, including '42 160 convertible & '42 180 Darrin victoria. Not for limos, which use 16". Smaller parts sent Priority Mail or Parcel Post, insured. You or your shipper pick up large items, which are priced FOB San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area. Contact: mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

All parts, unless noted, are for 1941-47 Clippers, most are from 1946-47 seniors, and all are excellent to mint condition. Scroll down. I probably have it. Don't waste your time, money, energy with junk. All items cherry-picked from rust-free California Packards in the late 1960s, early '70s, cars which would be restored today. Inside storage since. Rear fenders with wheel house, complete with all inner structure and gas door, smooth and ding-free as the day they were produced, all 1941-47 junior and senior Clippers except limo. Same excellent shape rear doors for above, complete with windows and regulator assembly. Center pillar assembly, doorpost or "dogleg," left and right, for all except limo and base 1942-47 juniors. Hoods. Mint, immaculate, scratch- and ding-free, smooth and straight as the day they were stamped. One in prime, the other black, either original paint or good '50s Packard agency-quality respray. For 1941, and 1942-47 seniors. 1941-47 mint dash cigar lighter. 1942 180 Clipper, 1946-47 Custom Super rear seat ashtray lid, stainless/gold. Lovely. Windshield woodgrained finishing molding, sharp, 1946-47. Same for rear window. Custom Super front seat back duo-grained molding. Out of grille extensions, "cat whiskers" other than top left & top right for '42 junior, '46-'47 Deluxe 8, Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. Flawless, mint stainless moldings, 1941-47: Left rear door belt molding #370189. Right rear quarter belt mldg. #370190. Right front door stainless finishing rim #372530; left rear #372531. Rear floor stainless mldgs., all but limo. Complete junior left tail light including mint glass lens. Headlight retainer, rim, complete bucket assemblies. Complete rear seat fold-down armrest, nice original houndstooth upholstery. Or recover if your interior different. Nice interior door and window regulator handles and beige escutcheons, 1946-47. Mint chrome radio opening cover #371541, all 1941-47 but base 1946-47 juniors and taxi, in which it was painted. This is the large, diecast piece into which slide the controls for head/driving/fog/map lights, ElectroMatic, etc. Front bumpers. Straight and ding-free as the day they were produced, but need replating. 1942-50 356-ci Super-8 engine lower radiator to water pump steel elbow, very nice. In aircraft zinc chromate green primer, coincidentally same as Packard green! 356-ci cast-iron thermostat housing, all 1940-47 160/180, Super/Custom Super except 148" wheelbase. Horns for all 1941-47 Clippers. Gleaming black, gorgeous show and go 15" wheels, for 1942-47 seniors, including '42 160 convertible & '42 180 Darrin victoria. Not for limos, which use 16". Smaller parts sent Priority Mail or Parcel Post, insured. You or your shipper pick up large items, which are priced FOB San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area. Contact: mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

How the demographics have changed. The CCCA was founded by and originally comprised largely of college educated professionals with a sense of humor who shared an interest in automobiles from a clearly defined classic era, 1925 through 1942, with postwar examples allowed so long as they were carryovers from the prewar era. Now we have people shouting "Wake up" and branding those with an interest in CCCA Classics "geezers," even as they wish to join. This is tantamount to urging the Shakespeare festival to include the work of modern playwrights, or a classical music station to play rock, country or hip hop. Similarly, there already exist wonderful organizations for the enjoyment of Lincoln Zephyrs, junior Packards, 1934-40 LaSalles, as well as postwar Chrysler Town & Countries, Dual Ghias, Cadillac Eldorados, Bentley Continentals, et al: the AACA, the Contemporary Historical Vehical Association, and the Milestone Car Society, among others. Why the interest in glomming onto the word "classic?" It won't make your already interesting old car worth anymore. In fact, there are any number of Fords worth vastly more than many CCCA Classics. There are clubs for every car already, without diluting the concept of a CCCA Classic. If you want to enjoy Edward Albee or Susan Sontag theater, you don't come to a Shakespeare festival. If you want to listen to jazz, folk or rock, you don't tune in a classical station. If you're a WWII buff, you don't curse Civil War reenacters for not allowing your Jeep on their field. Why is the above so difficult for so many people to grasp?

How the demographics have changed. The CCCA was founded by and originally comprised largely of college educated professionals with a sense of humor who shared an interest in automobiles from a clearly defined classic era, 1925 through 1942, with postwar examples allowed so long as they were carryovers from the prewar era. Now we have people shouting "Wake up" and branding those with an interest in CCCA Classics "geezers," even as they wish to join. This is tantamount to urging the Shakespeare festival to include the work of modern playwrights, or a classical music station to play rock, country or hip hop. Similarly, there already exist wonderful organizations for the enjoyment of Lincoln Zephyrs, junior Packards, 1934-40 LaSalles, as well as postwar Chrysler Town & Countries, Dual Ghias, Cadillac Eldorados, Bentley Continentals, et al: the AACA, the Contemporary Historical Vehical Association, and the Milestone Car Society, among others. Why the interest in glomming onto the word "classic?" It won't make your already interesting old car worth anymore. In fact, there are any number of Fords worth vastly more than many CCCA Classics. There are clubs for every car already, without diluting the concept of a CCCA Classic. If you want to enjoy Edward Albee or Susan Sontag theater, you don't come to a Shakespeare festival. If you want to listen to jazz, folk or rock, you don't tune in a classical station. If you're a WWII buff, you don't curse Civil War reenacters for not allowing your Jeep on their field. Why is the above so difficult for so many people to grasp?

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How the demographics have changed. The CCCA was founded by and originally comprised largely of college educated professionals with a sense of humor who shared an interest in automobiles from a clearly defined classic era, 1925 through 1942, with postwar examples allowed so long as they were carryovers from the prewar era. Now we have people shouting "Wake up" and branding those with an interest in CCCA Classics "geezers," even as they wish to join. This is tantamount to urging the Shakespeare festival to include the work of modern playwrights, or a classical music station to play rock, country or hip hop. Similarly, there already exist wonderful organizations for the enjoyment of Lincoln Zephyrs, junior Packards, 1934-40 LaSalles, as well as Dual Ghias, Cadillac Eldorados, Bentley Continentals, et al: the AACA, the Contemporary Historical Vehical Association, and the Milestone Car Society, among others. Why the interest in glomming onto the word "classic?" It won't make your already interesting old car worth anymore. In fact, there are any number of Fords worth vastly more than many CCCA Classics. There are clubs for every car already, without diluting the concept of a CCCA Classic. If you want to enjoy Edward Albee or Susan Sontag theater, you don't come to a Shakespeare festival. If you want to listen to jazz, folk or rock, you don't tune in a classical station. If you're a WWII buff, you don't curse Civil War reenacters for not allowing your Jeep on their field. Why is the above so difficult for so many people to grasp?

Pardon my not having a photo. I'm trying to help a friend who has an approximately 1/24th or 1/25th scale, red pliable rubber 1937 Cord Phaeton molded with top up. Black rubber wheels on pair of steel pin axles clipped into place. Other than the wheels, the entire toy is one piece of molded rubber. The windows, external exhausts, bumpers are painted silver. The only identification are these marks molded into the inside of the toy: 400, and below that, Made in USA, and then below that a small circle with a G atop an F. That's it. We're wondering who made this, about what year(s), how many, where were they were sold. We don't know that it's quite Antiques Roadshow caliber, but are curious. Having problem logging on to the A-C-D site, so meanwhile, perhaps a Cordite among the CCCA folks might identify this toy. Reply to: mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

Pardon my not having a photo. I'm trying to help a friend who has an approximately 1/24th or 1/25th scale, red pliable rubber 1937 Cord Phaeton molded with top up. Black rubber wheels on pair of steel pin axles clipped into place. Other than the wheels, the entire toy is one piece of molded rubber. The windows, external exhausts, bumpers are painted silver. The only identification are these marks molded into the inside of the toy: 400, and below that, Made in USA, and then below that a small circle with a G atop an F. That's it. So, we're wondering who made this, about what year(s), how many, where were they were sold. We don't know that it's quite Antiques Roadshow caliber, but are curious. Reply to: mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

Pardon my not having a photo. I'm trying to help a friend who has an approximately 1/24th or 1/25th scale, red pliable rubber 1937 Cord Phaeton molded with top up. Black rubber wheels on pair of steel pin axles clipped into place. Other than the wheels, the entire toy is one piece of molded rubber. The windows, external exhausts, bumpers are painted silver. The <span style="font-weight: bold"> </span> <span style="font-style: italic"> </span> only <span style="font-weight: bold"> </span> <span style="font-style: italic"> </span> identification are these marks molded into the inside of the toy: 400, and below that, Made in USA, and then below that a small circle with a G atop an F. That's it. So, we're wondering who made this, about what year(s), how many, where were they were sold. We don't know that it's quite Antiques Roadshow caliber, but are curious. Reply to: mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

All parts, unless noted, are for 1941-47 Clippers and excellent to mint condition. Scroll down. I probably have it. Don't waste your time, money, energy with junk. All items cherry-picked from rust-free California Packards in the late 1960s, early '70s, cars which would be restored today. Inside storage since. Rear fenders and wheel house, complete with all inner structure and gas door, smooth and ding-free as the day they were produced, all 1941-47 junior and senior Clippers except limo. Same excellent shape rear doors for above, complete with windows and regulator assembly. Center pillar assembly, doorpost or "dogleg," left and right, for all except limo and base 1942-47 juniors. Hoods. Mint, immaculate, scratch- and ding-free, smooth and straight as the day they were stamped. One in prime, the other black, either original paint or good '50s Packard agency-quality respray. For 1941, and 1942-47 seniors. 1941-47 mint dash cigar lighter. 1942 180 Clipper, 1946-47 Custom Super rear seat ashtray lid, stainless/gold. Lovely. Windshield woodgrained finishing molding, sharp, 1946-47. Same for rear window. Custom Super front seat back duo-grained molding. Out of grille extensions, "cat whiskers" other than top left & top right for '42 junior, '46-'47 Deluxe 8, Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. Flawless, mint stainless moldings, 1941-47: Left rear door belt molding #370189. Right rear quarter belt mldg. #370190. Right front door stainless finishing rim #372530; left rear #372531. Rear floor stainless mldgs., all but limo. Complete junior left tail light including mint glass lens. Headlight retainer, rim, complete bucket assemblies. Complete rear seat fold-down armrest, nice original houndstooth upholstery. Or recover if your interior different. Nice interior door and window regulator handles and beige escutcheons, 1946-47. Mint chrome radio opening cover #371541, all 1941-47 but base 1946-47 juniors and taxi, in which it was painted. This is the large, diecast piece into which slide the controls for head/driving/fog/map lights, ElectroMatic, etc. Front bumpers. Straight and ding-free as the day they were produced, but need replating. 1942-50 356-ci Super-8 engine lower radiator to water pump steel elbow, very nice. In aircraft zinc chromate green primer, coincidentally same as Packard green! 356-ci cast-iron thermostat housing, all 1940-47 160/180, Super/Custom Super except 148" wheelbase. Perfect 356 fan. Gleaming black, gorgeous show and go 15" wheels, for 1942-47 seniors, including '42 160 convertible & '42 180 Darrin victoria. Not for limos, which use 16". Smaller parts sent Priority Mail or Parcel Post, insured. You or your shipper pick up large items, which are priced FOB SF/Oakland Bay Area. Contact: mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

All parts, unless noted, are for 1941-47 Clippers. Don't waste your money, time, energy with junk. All items cherry-picked from rust-free California Packards in the late 1960s, early '70s, cars which would be restored today in a heartbeat. Inside storage since. Rear fenders and wheel house, complete with all inner structure and gas door, smooth and ding-free as the day they were produced, all 1941-47 junior and senior Clippers except limo. Same excellent shape rear doors for above, complete with windows and regulator assembly. Center pillar assembly, doorpost or "dogleg," left and right, for all except limo and base 1942-47 juniors. Hoods. Mint, immaculate, scratch- and ding-free, smooth and straight as the day they were stamped. One in prime, the other black, either original paint or good '50s Packard agency-quality respray. For 1941, and 1942-47 seniors. 1941-47 mint dash cigar lighter. 1942 180 Clipper, 1946-47 Custom Super rear seat ashtray lid, stainless/gold. Lovely. Windshield woodgrained finishing molding, sharp, 1946-47. Same for rear window. Custom Super front seat back duo-grained molding. Out of grille extensions, "cat whiskers" other than top left & top right for '42 junior, '46-'47 Deluxe 8, Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. Flawless, mint stainless moldings, 1941-47: Left rear door belt molding #370189. Right rear quarter belt mldg. #370190. Right front door stainless finishing rim #372530; left rear #372531. Rear floor stainless mldgs., all but limo. Complete junior left tail light including mint glass lens. Headlight retainer, rim, complete bucket assemblies. Complete rear seat fold-down armrest, nice original houndstooth upholstery. Or recover if your interior different. Nice interior door and window regulator handles and escutcheons, 1946-47. Mint chrome radio opening cover #371541, all 1941-47 but base 1946-47 juniors and taxi, in which it was painted. This is the large, diecast piece into which slide the controls for head/driving/fog/map lights, ElectroMatic, etc. Front bumpers. Straight and ding-free as the day they were produced, but need replating. 1942-50 356-ci Super-8 engine lower radiator to water pump steel elbow, very nice. In aircraft zinc chromate green primer, coincidentally same as Packard green! 356-ci cast-iron thermostat housing, all 1940-47 160/180, Super/Custom Super except 148" wheelbase. Perfect 356 fan. Gleaming black, gorgeous show and go 15" wheels, for 1942-47 seniors, including '42 160 convertible & '42 180 Darrin victoria. Not for limos, which use 16". Smaller parts sent Priority Mail or Parcel Post, insured. You or your shipper pick up large items, which are priced FOB SF/Oakland Bay Area. mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

Pair of side grille extensions, "cat whiskers," top left and top right, for 1942 junior and 1946-47 Deluxe 8 junior Clippers. These topmost cat whiskers are unique to the junior Clippers. The lower four on each side are the same for junior and senior Clippers. Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. These are hard to find in any shape, let alone mint. $95 postpaid, insured. mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

All parts, unless noted, are for 1941-47 Clippers and excellent to mint condition. Scroll down. I probably have it. Don't waste your time, money, energy with junk. All items cherry-picked from rust-free California Packards in the late 1960s, early '70s, cars which would be restored today. Inside storage since. Rear fenders and wheel house, complete with all inner structure and gas door, smooth and ding-free as the day they were produced, all 1941-47 junior and senior Clippers except limo. Same excellent shape rear doors for above, complete with windows and regulator assembly. Center pillar assembly, doorpost or "dogleg," left and right, for all except limo and base 1942-47 juniors. Hoods. Mint, immaculate, scratch- and ding-free, smooth and straight as the day they were stamped. One in prime, the other black, either original paint or good '50s Packard agency-quality respray. For 1941, and 1942-47 seniors. 1941-47 mint dash cigar lighter. 1942 180 Clipper, 1946-47 Custom Super rear seat ashtray lid, stainless/gold. Lovely. Windshield woodgrained finishing molding, sharp, 1946-47. Same for rear window. Custom Super front seat back duo-grained molding. Out of grille extensions, "cat whiskers" other than top left & top right for '42 junior, '46-'47 Deluxe 8, Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. Flawless, mint stainless moldings, 1941-47: Left rear door belt molding #370189. Right rear quarter belt mldg. #370190. Right front door stainless finishing rim #372530; left rear #372531. Rear floor stainless mldgs., all but limo. Complete junior left tail light including mint glass lens. Headlight retainer, rim, complete bucket assemblies. Complete rear seat fold-down armrest, nice original houndstooth upholstery. Or recover if your interior different. Nice interior door and window regulator handles and beige escutcheons, 1946-47. Mint chrome radio opening cover #371541, all 1941-47 but base 1946-47 juniors and taxi, in which it was painted. This is the large, diecast piece into which slide the controls for head/driving/fog/map lights, ElectroMatic, etc. Front bumpers. Straight and ding-free as the day they were produced, but need replating. 1942-50 356-ci Super-8 engine lower radiator to water pump steel elbow, very nice. In aircraft zinc chromate green primer, coincidentally same as Packard green! 356-ci cast-iron thermostat housing, all 1940-47 160/180, Super/Custom Super except 148" wheelbase. Perfect 356 fan. Gleaming black, gorgeous show and go 15" wheels, for 1942-47 seniors, including '42 160 convertible & '42 180 Darrin victoria. Not for limos, which use 16". Smaller parts sent Priority Mail or Parcel Post, insured. You or your shipper pick up large items, which are priced FOB SF/Oakland Bay Area. Contact: mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

All parts, unless noted, are for 1941-47 Clippers, and excellent to mint condition. Don't waste your time, money, energy with junk. All items cherry-picked from rust-free California Packards in the late 1960s, early '70s, cars which would be restored today in a heartbeat. Inside storage since. Rear fenders and wheel house, complete with all inner structure and gas door, smooth and ding-free as the day they were produced, all 1941-47 junior and senior Clippers except limo. Same excellent shape rear doors for above, complete with windows and regulator assembly. Center pillar assembly, doorpost or "dogleg," left and right, for all except limo and base 1942-47 juniors. Hoods. Mint, immaculate, scratch- and ding-free, smooth and straight as the day they were stamped. One in prime, the other black, either original paint or good '50s Packard agency-quality respray. For 1941, and 1942-47 seniors. 1941-47 mint dash cigar lighter. 1942 180 Clipper, 1946-47 Custom Super rear seat ashtray lid, stainless/gold. Lovely. Windshield woodgrained finishing molding, sharp, 1946-47. Same for rear window. Custom Super front seat back duo-grained molding. Out of grille extensions, "cat whiskers" other than top left & top right for '42 junior, '46-'47 Deluxe 8, Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. Flawless, mint stainless moldings, 1941-47: Left rear door belt molding #370189. Right rear quarter belt mldg. #370190. Right front door stainless finishing rim #372530; left rear #372531. Rear floor stainless mldgs., all but limo. Complete junior left tail light including mint glass lens. Headlight retainer, rim, complete bucket assemblies. Complete rear seat fold-down armrest, nice original houndstooth upholstery. Or recover if your interior different. Nice interior door and window regulator handles and beige escutcheons, 1946-47. Mint chrome radio opening cover #371541, all 1941-47 but base 1946-47 juniors and taxi, in which it was painted. This is the large, diecast piece into which slide the controls for head/driving/fog/map lights, ElectroMatic, etc. Front bumpers. Straight and ding-free as the day they were produced, but need replating. 1942-50 356-ci Super-8 engine lower radiator to water pump steel elbow, very nice. In aircraft zinc chromate green primer, coincidentally same as Packard green! 356-ci cast-iron thermostat housing, all 1940-47 160/180, Super/Custom Super except 148" wheelbase. Perfect 356 fan. Gleaming black, gorgeous show and go 15" wheels, for 1942-47 seniors, including '42 160 convertible & '42 180 Darrin victoria. Not for limos, which use 16". Smaller parts sent Priority Mail or Parcel Post, insured. You or your shipper pick up large items, which are priced FOB SF/Oakland Bay Area. Contact: mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

All parts, unless noted, are for 1941-47 Clippers. Don't waste your time, energy with junk. All items cherry-picked from rust-free California Packards in the late 1960s, early '70s, cars which would be restored today in a heartbeat. Inside storage since. Rear fenders and wheel house, complete with all inner structure and gas door, smooth and ding-free as the day they were produced, all 1941-47 junior and senior Clippers except limo. Same excellent shape rear doors for above, complete with windows and regulator assembly. Center pillar assembly, doorpost or "dogleg," left and right, for all except limo and base 1942-47 juniors. Hoods. Mint, immaculate, scratch- and ding-free, smooth and straight as the day they were stamped. One in prime, the other black, either original paint or good '50s Packard agency-quality respray. For 1941, and 1942-47 seniors. 1941-47 mint dash cigar lighter. 1942 180 Clipper, 1946-47 Custom Super rear seat ashtray lid, stainless/gold. Lovely. Windshield woodgrained finishing molding, sharp, 1946-47. Same for rear window. Custom Super front seat back duo-grained molding. Out of grille extensions, "cat whiskers" other than top left & top right for '42 junior, '46-'47 Deluxe 8, Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. Flawless, mint stainless moldings, 1941-47: Left rear door belt molding #370189. Right rear quarter belt mldg. #370190. Right front door stainless finishing rim #372530; left rear #372531. Rear floor stainless mldgs., all but limo. Complete junior left tail light including mint glass lens. Headlight retainer, rim, complete bucket assemblies. Complete rear seat fold-down armrest, nice original houndstooth upholstery. Or recover if your interior different. Nice interior door and window regulator handles and escutcheons, 1946-47. Mint chrome radio opening cover #371541, all 1941-47 but base 1946-47 juniors and taxi, in which it was painted. This is the large, diecast piece into which slide the controls for head/driving/fog/map lights, ElectroMatic, etc. Front bumpers. Straight and ding-free as the day they were produced, but need replating. 1942-50 356-ci Super-8 engine lower radiator to water pump steel elbow, very nice. In aircraft zinc chromate green primer, coincidentally same as Packard green! 356-ci cast-iron thermostat housing, all 1940-47 160/180, Super/Custom Super except 148" wheelbase. Perfect 356 fan. Gleaming black, gorgeous show and go 15" wheels, for 1942-47 seniors, including '42 160 convertible & '42 180 Darrin victoria. Not for limos, which use 16". Smaller parts sent Priority Mail or Parcel Post, insured. You or your shipper pick up large items, which are priced FOB SF/Oakland Bay Area. mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

I have the following issues of Special Interest Autos and Car Collector magazine available, all mint, as new. Will sell as lot or individually, postpaid. Not looking to make a killing, just get these magazines out of my closet and to appreciative car buffs. Car collector 15th Year Anniversary Edition, 1978-1983 Special Interest Autos Issue #130, August, 1992; Issue # 131, October, 1992; Issue #144, December, 1994; Issue #147, June, 1995 Issue #156, December, 1996 Issue #166, August, 1998 Reply to: mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

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Thank you, sir. We don't get that cold, as a rule, in the greater SF/Oakland East Bay. I'll leave that for the new owner.

Full CCCA Classic, rebuilt stem to stern, needs nothing but new, appreciative home. I've put my heart, soul, money and enormous time into getting this magnificent road car just right and have enjoyed it immensely. It upstages Rolls-Royces and Bentleys of the 40s and later with its understated gothic international mien, since the 1942-47 senior 160/180 Clippers were overshadowed by WWII when new, and little understood until recent years by most car enthusiasts. Nine-main-bearing Super-8 356 boiled out, hot tanked, remachined, rebuilt, every last piece including new hydraulic valve lifters, balanced by legendary NorCal vintage car mechanic Wayne Ballerstein, who worked in the Oakland, CA Packard dealership in the late '40s. Wayne also rebuilt the 3.92:1 differential which we substituted for the factory 4.09. This was often done at Packard, Hudson, etc. dealerships in the day for drivers who enjoyed frequent fast long-distance business trips over the increasingly better roads after the war. RARE period Stewart-Warner tach (reads to 4,500 rpm) confirms only 2,000 rpm at 60 mph, 2,500 rpm at 75. Higher compression 7.5:1 Packard cast-iron head gives a little more oomph with none of the problems of aluminum heads. New bias-ply-sized 7.00 x 15 steel belt radials give the authentic period look and look right, unlike the metric radials most people use in late' 30s/'40s cars. Not only does the car ride and handle vastly better, but looks better, bone stock, since no 1946-47 cars at whatever cost were delivered with whitewalls, and even when available later, most wealthy, tasteful owners eschewed them as tacky, gaudy. However, a set of Denman wide whitewall 7.00 x 15 tires and extra wheels come with the car if you still bow to the monkey see/monkey do pressure of suburban concours d'elegance. Driveshaft splines industrial hard-chromed to military specs, driveshaft balanced, as were the wheels/brake drums on a Hunter balancing machine. Original five-row radiator recored, cooling system has never known anything but soft water and No-Rosion--no antifreeze, no soluble oil or other effluvia, so no film to inhibit heat transfer one whit. Though the car doesn't overheat, as belt and suspenders precaution against ever getting caught in some traffic snarl on a blistering day, we added an invisible (matt black) electric cooling fan which i've never once had to use. Electric fuel pump for quick priming of the system after the car's sat awhile. Also a pre-oiler for full oil pressure before starting. According to everyone from the SAE to Lycoming, Continental and McDonnell-Douglas, 90% of all engine wear is during those first few moments of engine starting after days or weeks of inactivity when all the oil's drained from the surfaces. This precludes that. Underway, 55 psi. The engine is never, ever started unless I intend to drive the car at least 20 miles freeway to equalize the temperature of block, head, manifold and get the oil hot enough to prevent the formation of carbonic acid, sludge, varnish. Oil and filter neurotically changed, chassis similarly lubed. Think "Zen and the Art of Packard Maintenance." Brakes rebuilt throughout and never known any fluid but DOT 5 silicon. Though the factory ElectroMatic clutch was rebuilt and worked, we then disconnected the vacuum line (comes with car, of course) so we could install hill holder, which for an arcane reason space prevents explaining does not work with ElectroMatic according to Packard, who never offered them together. New clutch and pressure plate. Complete new wiring harness. NOS gas tank sending unit, rebuilt generator, starter. Rebuilt transmission and overdrive. Optima battery. Rebuilt/calibrated speedometer. New glass throughout, other than original rear window (curved), which is excellent. All woodgraining but dashboard redone, lovely. Dash nice with nice chrome, gauges. Restored steering wheel with optional "banjo" spoke" by JB Donaldson, lovely. Standard on the Customs, optional on the Supers, as with this car's cloisonne hubcaps and fender skirts. Original houndstooth upholstery was protected by both factory AND dealer seat covers until I bought the car once-removed from scion of family purchasing it new July 18th, 1947 at Virgil Negranti Packard--Cummins Diesel--White Trucks Sales and Service, San Luis Obispo, CA. Framed bill of sale and all DMV work throughout car's life included. Always garaged, then rebuilt as above at 82,631 miles. This car was never ripped apart, body from frame, and never needed it, so is the best of both worlds: entirely rebuilt but still that original, solid "of a piece," unmolested, tight feeling, even the doors align as new, click shut quietly, no play or slop, same with trunk lid, hood alignment. Seat belts, of course. Beautifully repainted by Dick Falk, Valley Restoration. Dick's a legend among NorCal folk, has done many an Oakland Roadster Show winner, as well as the occasional Cord, Packard, '49 Barris Mercury. Rechromed center and side grilles, door handles, bumpers and any painted areas done so in factory color then clear coated. Stainless trim polished. We tastefully upgraded the door panels and other interior upholstery to soft gray English broadcloth slightly heavier than the original mouse fur, similarly using the same light gray close-pile carpeting as late-model/new Mercedes. A fellow restoring a '41 LeBaron sport brougham was so taken with it, he used the same. As you know, the Super and Custom Super Clippers (streamlined names for 1942's Super-8 One-Sixty and Custom Super-8 One-Eighty Clippers) differ only in interior trim, a la Chrylser New Yorker and New Yorker Highlander, or Cord Westchester and Beverly. But we also upgraded to a chromed interior windshield garnish molding, a la the Custom Super, but i stopped there, because i think the Custom's chromed steering column's a bit much. This is personal, but several lifelong Packardites agree that the only of the four colors of Custom Super interiors that doesn't age and look dreary is the dark blue, but that's academic because this is a black car. So you've got an understated but full CCCA Classic Packard, no stories, no excuses, no malarkey. I want this car going to someone who knows, really KNOWS what it takes to properly rebuild and nuance such a car, and the time it takes to get it "fettled," and keep it so. Think of this as a stringently maintained PT boat in black tie. Simply, I've gotten my play value out of the car, have owned it since 1986, and recent years it seems I'm maintaining, preserving it for the new owner. It's been fun, and I want YOU to enjoy it. Not cheap, so if you're looking for a generic 1946-47 senior Clipper for club tours, look elsewhere. At the risk of sounding like one of those old Hemmings wheeler dealers, "principals only," "no pen pals." Using Sports Car Market's yardstick, this is a 2+, tho' after i've waxed it, polished the glass with crumped newspaper and a few drops of kerosene, am tempted to gild the lily and say 1-. Too pristine, really, for a driver, but drives too nice to show. This is for someone who really knows Packards, knows how these cars rank in the Classic road car pantheon. This profile lengthy to preclude prelims, answer your questions, so if you gripe about the length of this ad, that tells me you're looking for a generic or explanation/excuse-laden "bargain." If you want a price guide car, make a check out to the publisher of the computer-generated price guide and see what sort of car he ships you. $45,000 firm fast sale price. See above post for photo. Car's in Walnut Creek, the SF/Oakland East Bay area. mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

All parts, unless noted, are for 1941-47 Clippers. All were cherry-picked from rust-free California Packards in the late 1960s, early '70s, cars which would themselves be restored today in a heartbeat. Inside storage since. Rear fenders and wheel house, complete with all inner structure and gas door, smooth and ding-free as the day they were produced, all 1941-47 junior and senior four-door Clippers except limo. Same excellent shape rear doors for above, complete with windows and regulator assembly. Center pillar assembly, doorpost or "dogleg," left and right, for all except limo and base 1942-47 juniors. Hoods. Mint, immaculate, scratch- and ding-free, smooth and straight as the day they were stamped. One in prime, t'other black, either original paint or good '50s Packard agency-quality respray. For 1941, and 1942-47 seniors. 1941-47 mint dash cigar lighter. 1942 180 Clipper, 1946-47 Custom Super rear seat ashtray lid, stainless/gold. Lovely. Windshield woodgrained finishing molding, sharp, 1946-47. Same for rear window. Custom Super front seat back duo-grained molding. Grille extensions, or "cat whiskers" top left & top right only for '42 junior, '46-'47 Deluxe 8, Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. Flawless, mint stainless moldings, 1941-47: Left rear door belt molding #370189. Right rear quarter belt mldg. #370190. Right front door stainless finishing rim #372530; left rear #372531. Rear floor stainless mldgs., all but limo. Complete junior left tail light including mint glass lens. Headlight retainer, rim, complete bucket assemblies. Complete rear seat fold-down armrest, nice original houndstooth upholstery. Or recover if your interior different. Nice interior door and window regulator handles and escutcheons, 1946-47. Mint chrome radio opening cover #371541, all 1941-47 but base 1946-47 juniors and taxi, in which it was painted. This is the large, diecast piece into which slide the controls for head/driving/fog/map lights, ElectroMatic, etc. Front bumpers. Straight and ding-free as the day they were produced, but need replating. 1942-50 356-ci Super-8 engine lower radiator to water pump steel elbow, very nice. In aircraft zinc chromate green primer, coincidentally same as Packard green! 356-ci cast-iron thermostat housing, all 1940-47 160/180, Super/Custom Super except 148" wheelbase. Perfect 356 fan. Gleaming black, powder-coated, gorgeous show and go 15" wheels, for 1942-47 seniors, including '42 160 convertible & '42 180 Darrin victoria. Not for limos, which use 16". Smaller parts sent Priority Mail or Parcel Post, insured. You or your shipper pick up large items, which are priced FOB SF/Oakland Bay Area. mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

Try Scotts Mfg. Co., 25520 Stanford Avenue, Suite 304, Valencia, CA 91355-4720 (661) 295-9340 Even tho' my car doesn't overheat, believing in belt and suspenders approach to safeguard the engine in case i got caught in some traffic snarl on the hottest day of the year, i installed one of their 6-volt cooling fans. It's all but invisible, simple installation. I've never had to use it. Dave K./Clipper '47's correct. If your cooling system's in good shape, you'll never need one. It's amazing how many vintage car folk will take their radiators to an allegedly savvy shop, which merely pinches off the offending tube. Problem solved, until hot day traffic. So, make sure a l l your tubes clear, and flush your cooling system with a box of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda (not baking soda). Run the car a few miles, get the engine hot, and drain. After the block cools a bit, flush with garden hose. If you can keep the engine on fast idle, let water drain from the rear of the block while you "balance" the amount going into the radiator. Flush thoroughly. Fill with soft water---NOT distilled water, which leaches minerals, including solder--and add a decent product like NoRosion or Redline Rust & Corrosion Inhibitor. Unless your car'll be exposed to sustained hard freeze, avoid antifreeze like the plague. Another exception would be if your car has air conditioning; even in LA or Phoenix, you need perhaps 15-20% if you've got AC. Unless you've got something with inherent heating problems, like a 1936-37 Cord or Jaguar, in which case a fan shroud helps, providing your thermostat's the correct temperature and working, you should be fine.

Jay Fisher beautifully, faithfully reproduces mirrors and more. Have a pair on my car. Lovely.

Note: All parts, unless noted, are for 1941-47 Clippers. All were cherry-picked from rust-free California Packards in the late 1960s, early '70s, cars which would themselves be restored today in a heartbeat. Inside storage since. Rear fenders and wheel house, complete with all inner structure and gas door, smooth and ding-free as the day they were produced, all 1941-47 junior and senior Clippers except limo. Same excellent shape rear doors for above, complete with windows and regulator assembly. Note: Just as 1941 Cadillac convertible shares every piece of sheet metal with '41 Pontiac conv., so do junior and senior Packard Clipper share s o m e of the same non-mechanical parts. Center pillar assembly, doorpost or "dogleg," left and right, for all except limo and base 1942-47 juniors. Hoods. Mint, immaculate, scratch- and ding-free, smooth and straight as the day they were stamped. One in prime, t'other black, either original paint or good '50s Packard agency-quality respray. For 1941, and 1942-47 seniors. 1941-47 mint dash cigar lighter. 1942 180 Clipper, 1946-47 Custom Super rear seat ashtray lid, stainless/gold. Lovely. Windshield woodgrained finishing molding, sharp, 1946-47. Same for rear window. Custom Super front seat back duo-grained molding. Out of grille extensions, "cat whiskers" other than top left & top right for '42 junior, '46-'47 Deluxe 8, Packard part #s 378860 & 378861. Mint means mint. Flawless, mint stainless moldings, 1941-47: Left rear door belt molding #370189. Right rear quarter belt mldg. #370190. Right front door stainless finishing rim #372530; left rear #372531. Rear floor stainless mldgs., all but limo. Complete junior left tail light including mint glass lens. Headlight retainer, rim, complete bucket assemblies. Complete rear seat fold-down armrest, nice original houndstooth upholstery. Or recover if your interior different. Nice interior door and window regulator handles and escutcheons, 1946-47. Mint chrome radio opening cover #371541, all 1941-47 but base 1946-47 juniors and taxi, in which it was painted. This is the large, diecast piece into which slide the controls for head/driving/fog/map lights, ElectroMatic, etc. Front bumpers. Straight and ding-free as the day they were produced, but need replating. 1942-50 356-ci Super-8 engine lower radiator to water pump steel elbow, very nice. In aircraft zinc chromate green primer, coincidentally same as Packard green! 356-ci cast-iron thermostat housing, all 1940-47 160/180, Super/Custom Super except 148" wheelbase. Perfect 356 fan. Gleaming black, gorgeous show and go 15" wheels, for 1942-47 seniors, including '42 160 convertible & '42 180 Darrin victoria. Not for limos, which use 16". Smaller parts sent Priority Mail or Parcel Post, insured. You or your shipper pick up large items, which are priced FOB SF/Oakland Bay Area. mike-exanimo@sbcglobal.net

Though i posted on this forum strictly to sell some parts, Dave brings up an interesting and always overlooked point: The 1941 Packard Clipper was neither junior nor senior, but a free-standing line. Packard could see there was more volume and profit in the upper-medium, sub-luxury class and aimed the new Clipper in the midst of some sophisticated, upscale road cars; a few dollars more than Buick's Roadmaster, Chrysler's New Yorker, just under the LaSalle-replacing Cadillac Series 61 and standard bearer Series 62, and Lincoln. Despite its crisp styling, originally intended for the '37 LaSalle, the formal, sedan-only 1938-41 60 Special Fleetwood had accounted for just six percent of Cadillac's sales, so Packard wanted something a little less high hat, sportier, sleeker as Clipper sales success proved. The Clipper had become more of a necessity when GM's racy new C bodies arrived for the mid-1940 model year. Those, and HydraMatic, a convenience item which does nothing for a road car, nonetheless lend gravity to Dutch Darrin's observation, "Packard was so scared of GM they couldn't see straight." The only thing junior about Packard's new car was its high-compression version of the existing 282-ci One-Twenty engine. The Clipper used the same 127" wheelbase as the old-bodied One-Twenty, One-Sixty, One-Eighty standard models, probably to cut tooling/production jig costs, despite an entirely new frame and chassis. The 1942-47 senior Clipper retained the '41 car's wheelbase, but used Packard's biggest engine, the industry's most powerful in torque, 356-ci, nine mains, hydraulic lifters. Spurred by Buick's compound-carbed, 7.0:1 compression, babbitt-bearinged 1941-42 320-ci engine's advertised hp, Packard boosted the 356's compression from 6.41 to 6.85:1 for 1942-47. If GM Proving Grounds dynamometer tests of 31 new competitive cars are to be believed, the 1940 Packard 160 pumped out a true 131 hp, the '40 Roadmaster 130, an advertised overstatement of 22.10 vs. Buick's 8.46 percent. So the 1941-42 twin-carb Buick 320 may've given the senior Packard a run for its money. Aftermarket Edmunds twin-carb manifolds seriously increased the 356's hp, making more of an apples with apples comparison, but Buick's Compound Carburetion fouled plugs, guzzled gas, and worst of all, upstaged Cadillac, so didn't return for '46. The two fastest cars off a showroom floor 'til the ohv '49 Cad and '51 Chrysler hemi V-8s were certainly the 1942-47 senior Packard Clippers with overdrive and the 1941-42 Buick Century/Roadmaster but only with the rare, no-cost, optional 3.6:1 rear axle instead of Flint's standard 3.9 cog. Given the Packard's finer bearings, longer legs in overdrive, and chassis stability, the senior Clippers would've been a more relaxing proposition trying to beat the 20th Century Limited or Southern Pacific Daylight. While all traditional, old-bodied Packards from 1939-on other than the final 446 '39 Twelves were junior based, you could argue that the 1942-47 senior Clippers are "more senior," being based on the 1941 Clipper, itself priced squarely between the 1941 old-bodied One-Twenty and One-Sixty. I don't know that more than two of the roughly 100 '42 180 Clippers built before all auto production ceased in Feb.,'42 are accounted for. Packard produced more '42 One-Sixty Clippers, but these are nearly as rare. The war prevented '43 Clipper convertibles. The immediate postwar sellers' market precluded the need. Packard Super-8 One-Sixty Clipper and Packard Custom Super-8 One-Eighty Clipper are a mouthful, so the postwar names were streamlined to Packard Super Clipper and Packard Custom Super Clipper. These are the same cars other than bolder center grille bars to match the side grilles, redesigned hubcaps, clunky, bolt-on bumper extensions to bulk up, look newer, a repositioned ashtray, interior trim, etc. Junior Clippers came out for 1942, using the existing 245-ci One-Ten six-cyl. and 282-ci One-Twenty 282-ci engines in an all-new 120" wheelbase, two inches shorter than the 1941 One-Ten's 122" wb. The 1942-47 junior Clippers were seven inches shorter in their front fenders and hoods, but don't look foreshortened in the least until you see one alongside a 1941 Clipper, or 1942-47 senior Clipper. These are excellent cars and somehow look sleeker, more sophisticated than the 1949-54 R-R Silver Cloud and Bentley R-Type saloons on the same 120" wb. I know three '47 senior Clipper owners who've all, coincidentally, at one time or another, owned S-Type Bentley Continentals. It's testimony, indeed, that each of these experienced, lifelong auto buffs compare the Detroit production car--a 1941 style with a 1940 engine-- favorably, very, with the decade-newer, vastly more expensive, limited-production English express. The only conceivable cost-paring we can see between the senior Clippers and the old, traditional-bodied 1940-42 seniors, m i g h t be the Clipper's GM-style independent front suspension, as the long control/torque arms of Packard's unique Safe-T-fleX wouldn't clear the Clipper's lower floorpan, the same reason the R-R Silver Cloud/Bentley S series debuting autumn,'55 also dropped their faithful, bolt-for-bolt copy of Safe-t-fleX for the GM-style IFS in their new cars which look much like [color:"black"] razor-edged Clippers with modern, one-piece windshields. An old master mechanic friend, who worked in immediate postwar Packard, Hudson and GM dealerships before starting his own garage, thought the GM IFS was "tougher" than Safe-t-fleX, but i've heard many folks say just the opposite. I've owned '40s Packards with both, so would love to hear something other than conjecture, perhaps an extract from a period SAE or other technical paper. In my 'umble opine, the less expensive, two-door Clipper club sedans introduced in '42 look good on paper, but in person are man the harpoons bulboid, and weigh only 45-60 lbs. less than the more elegant, svelte four-door sedans. The postwar Clipper limos are too much car, and ruin the lines, but then i've always favored "road cars" on the standard wheelbases. No '40s Packard is in the same league with Cardinal Hartmann's Olympian Twelve, but neither is any '40s Cadillac the same as the early '30s stand-alone product, all 1936-on Cadillacs downsized "juniors" sharing ever-increasing bits and pieces, entire assemblies, even bodies, with lesser GMobiles. Sadly, people who can grasp the concept of today's 3-,5-,7-series BMW, and C-, E-, S-class Mercedes, often have difficulty wrapping their minds around Packard Six, Eight, Super-8, or 110, 120, 160/180. But as '40s cars go, i've yet to find anything from either side of the Atlantic better, more thoroughly engineered, better built, more durable, dependable, better driving, and arguably, better-looking, than a 1941-47 Clipper, esp. the four-door sedans on the 127" wb. Superimposing Dutch Darrin's 1940 Packard sport sedan over the Clipper vindicates Darrin's paternity claims. The long hood, raked windshield, roof and deck lines scream Darrin. But it's not surprising Packard downplayed Darrin's authorship. It must've been hard for all that Masonic, Detroit Athletic Club, boardroom ego to admit the vaunted, august Packard Motor Car Company wasn't responsible for the daring lines of its big production hit of the '40s. That honor went to a fast-track rake, an outsider. That concludes my knowledge. Meanwhile, anyone needing parts for these sleek auld road cars, see above, please.