Ozstatman
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7 hours ago, Jolly_John said:
Just curious....Where is the museum located? Sounds interesting. Thanks. John
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14 year old post. But you never know your luck. 😉
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1 hour ago, John_S_in_Penna said:
And Chevrolet fans might remember the patriotic
ad extolling "Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet."
It's a memorable song and even inspiring:
When translated to the other side of the Pacific resulted in this
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52 minutes ago, 95Cardinal said:
I wonder if Alcoa and Pierce built more than one vehicle.
Hmmmmm! 🤔
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Doesn't look like the same car. Original pic shows a sedan with a large rear quarter window while pic of Alcoa car shows a club sedan with an enclosed rear quarter panel.
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4 hours ago, SC38dls said:
Paul, nice looking car. If that’s your shop it looks as if you like the color of your cars to be red and only red!
dave sGuy, since deceased, in our Packard club loved red too. He joked, I think/hope, that he had a 44 gallon (50 US gallons) drum of red paint that he used on all his cars, also on a motorscooter he was restoring.
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Wez,
Just off the phone after a very looong conversation with Ivan.
Sending you a PM with Ivan's phone and email details.
Trust the PM reaches you. If not "YELL".
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Wez,
I "know" Ivan through emails and a couple of phone conversations. I will send him an email with a link to this thread.
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"282 cu in straight 8 engine"
Being a '54 it should have the BIG 359!
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Don't think it's a Kingswood. More likely a Statesman with those taillights.
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GM/Pontiac
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326?
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On 7/13/2022 at 11:24 AM, JonW said:
What does this series of numbers mean?
That is the "Theft Proof Number" TPN. Virtually no records of them survived Packard's demise, unless it's on original paperwork with the car. There is a poster on PackardInfo, with the Forum Name of "Owen_Dyneto", who is collating info on TPN's. He's always on the lookout for more to add to his database
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2 hours ago, hidden_hunter said:
I don’t think we ever used those double stack plates - would have been enamels here in Victoria
I think you're right.🤔
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2 hours ago, Sal Hepatica said:Anybody know where the plates are from?
If not UK could be Aussie.
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1 hour ago, Rusty_OToole said:
....You should see the number 288 or 327 on the head.
Heads can be swapped between engines, don't rely on the 288/327 on the head.
Instead, engine serial numbers for '53 start with the letter L and for '54 start with the letter M. For '53's 288's with solid lifters are L2xxxxx, 327's with solid lifters are L3xxxxx and 327's with hydraulic lifters are L4xxxxx. While for '54's 288's with solid lifters are M2xxxxx, 327's with solid lifters are M3xxxxx and 327's with hydraulic lifters are M4xxxxx. And, should it be a 359 with hydraulic lifters S/N's are M6xxxxx. Serial numbers should be on a pad on left/rear/top side of block just below the head.
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2 hours ago, Twisted Shifter said:
Was the road uphill both to and from school and covered in five feet of snow like where my dad went to school?
And backwards and barefoot too!😉
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Hope the organisers know which way they're going. Conflicting info given in race poster
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1 hour ago, Fossil said:
We live in eastern South Dakota in the Prairie Pothole region. The name doesn't come from the road conditions it refers to all the lakes formed by the glaciers back when I was a kid. 😲
Certainly confirms the origins of your Forum Name.😉
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Sebastien,
You are to be commended for photo-documenting all the car shows and events you attend. Not only that, but the time and effort you must spend in collating ALL the photos, captioning, and posting them on this Forum.
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How about asking in this thread?
Please ignore the suggestion, just checked car listing in that thread, it only goes back to 1914.😪
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Learned more about MM's than I thought possible.😉
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2 hours ago, Ozstatman said:
The real experts will be along soon and will likely confirm or deny my guess.
Thank you, looks like my "guess" wasn't good enough for a proper identification.
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Looks too big to be a Morris Minor, so post WW2 Morris Oxford is my guess. The real experts will be along soon and will likely confirm or deny my guess.
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Gilmore Car Museum video — Hickory Corners, Michigan
in Museums
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After staying at Battle Creek visited the Gilmore in 2018 after attending Hershey(took the opportunity to visit the AACA museum while there) that year. Also visited Indianapolis Speedway, the ACD and Truck museums in Auburn, the nearby Ford museum, an open day at the Packard Proving Grounds, as well as the Petersen in LA. Have previously visited the Nethercutt, both collections, the Don Garlits museum in Florida and the collection at the National Parts Depot "just up the road"(Thanks West for the heads up) as well as the Fort Lauderdale Packard Museum, the Packard museums in Dayton and Warren. So a "fair degree" of museum visiting and found the Gilmore by far the best experience from an all round perspective.