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Two fine examples which need to come home to the USA.
It’s certainly an exceptional group; Kathy and I are thrilled to attend every event possible. This was a great outing for us.
It’s worth $100,000 once you spend $200,000 on it…
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Hi, Dave. He seemed knowledgeable, and I assumed he has no interest in original colors; he wanted this color. After all Packard and Pierce-Arrow customers can have any color they want!
My Car has no doubt been repainted; I have no idea it is the original color and make no such claim of course. It is this color now and It looks nice so there it is.
I believe the gentleman who asked about the color was planning to repaint a Packard.
The color is what I would call maroon and it is not metallic.
Like the Riviera mods, fellows. You better stop it, or people will be wanting cars again!
As for visibility: if you have enough Car you don’t need to look back…
Still, they sound like fun, don’t they?
Someone needs to be sure he is invited to next year’s annual meet.
Suggest you search Ebay as there are often ads for these from various period magazines, offered for sale. There are a lot of different brands and models.
Try an internet search with your nameplate data. There were a lot of aftermarket heaters in the past. Some were mounted in the rear floor and routed exhaust through a cast iron heat exchanger, as you described; the one originally on my Series 80 was made of sheet metal and fit over the exhaust manifold. Air flow from the engine fan blew through it and through a port hole cut in the firewall. The hole was closed with a steel slide when not needed. All I have left now is the port in the firewall. Interesting topic!
Well, don’t they all need work? I have rarely seen a completely finished Car…never owned one, either.
Another view of a Series 80 door handle (from a recent Ebay listing).
My money’s on Greg: he gets great buys all the time!
Thanks, Peter. This Car sold at the Branson auction last year, seems like about $24000, and I got to examine it presale in detail. It appeared to have an original interior which a previous owner tried to preserve with clear vinyl covers. It also had the wood vanities in place. I took several photos.
I have thought about a self-contained, engine-powered cooling unit shaped as a trunk, rear-mounted, with insulated flexible ducting underneath the Car. Hummmnnnn….
As for newer Cars, the aftermarket accessory air conditioning unit came from the Dallas-Ft. Worth area post WWII and was a popular period addition when cars were in service, so why not now?
Thanks, Peter. It does seem that perhaps my Car’s door latches were replaced at some time in the past. I am not certain I want to disturb what is there now as it works fine. At least I want to look underneath the upholstery if that is possible without destroying anything, before I decide.
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