Black Packard Engine (1932)

[West Peterson]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Packard-9...sspagenameZWDVW

[tbirdman]

West,

I saw that one also with a incorrect engine and this one also has an incorrect dash. It also had a lot of incorrect not to mention the wire/tube tie wrapped to the radiator supports. SUpposely this was done by Hill and Vaughn who I always assumed was a top notch restoration shop.

Interesting is that this black engine car and the previous blue engine car looked like they both had very decent porcelain manifolds which I would expect.

[West Peterson]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tbirdman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SUpposely this was done by Hill and Vaughn who I always assumed was a top notch restoration shop.</div></div>

That's the bane of restoration shops taking on jobs that aren't "complete restorations." You do a paint job for a customer, the next thing you know that customer, or an owner further on down the line, says that it's a "Hill & Vaughn restoration" when it wasn't a restoration at all.

[Restorer32]

Amen to that West.

[tbirdman]

Well Steve Babinsky restored my Bijur pump so I guess I can now call my car a "Steve Babinsky" restoration Sounds more impressive than a Tbirdman Restoration.

[West Peterson]

I dunno. Sometimes the detailing in owner-restored cars outdoes that of professionals. If you know what you're doing, you can afford to restore the smaller things that you may tell a $50-60/hour restorer to "let it be."