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I did not know these things about the Packard, or your depth as parts master
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When I was a teenager, in 12th grade I had a Packard Clipper. It had a 289 with a Paxton type supercharger. It had dual power antennas and a wonderbar radio. It also had a rear seat heater and a few other unique qualities.
The car was free to me from a former brother-in-law. I just had to drive it home from Minneapolis which was about 300 miles north. The car was pretty rusted, but the body was straight and the paint still shined until I centerpunched an oak tree at 40 mph. The body wrapped around the tree, and likely saved my life.
The only thing I saved from the car was a piece of chrome script that said "Superior". I later put this on the grill of a 1967 Toyota Landcruiser.
The clipper looked like this, same color. This was not my car, I borrowed the photo from google. I miss that car, or course, I miss the 1953 Merc I bought to replace it too.
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When I was a teenager, in 12th grade I had a Packard Clipper. It had a 289 with a Paxton type supercharger. It had dual power antennas and a wonderbar radio. It also had a rear seat heater and a few other unique qualities.
The car was free to me from a former brother-in-law. I just had to drive it home from Minneapolis which was about 300 miles north. The car was pretty rusted, but the body was straight and the paint still shined until I centerpunched an oak tree at 40 mph. The body wrapped around the tree, and likely saved my life.
The only thing I saved from the car was a piece of chrome script that said "Superior". I later put this on the grill of a 1967 Toyota Landcruiser.
The clipper looked like this, same color. This was not my car, I borrowed the photo from google. I miss that car, or course, I miss the 1953 Merc I bought to replace it too.
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I did not know these things about the Packard, or your depth as parts master extraordinaire.
When I was a teenager, in 12th grade I had a Packard Clipper. It had a 289 with a McCollough type supercharger. It had dual power antennas and a wonderbar radio. It also had an underseat seat heater and a few other unique qualities.
The car was free to me from a former brother-in-law. I just had to drive it home from Minneapolis which was about 300 miles north. The car was pretty rusted, but the body was straight and the paint still shined until I centerpunched an oak tree at 40 mph. The body wrapped around the tree, and likely saved my life.
The only thing I saved from the car was a piece of chrome script that said "Superior". I later put this on the grill of a 1967 Toyota Landcruiser.
The Clipper looked like this, same color. This was not my car, I borrowed the photo from google. I miss that car, or course, I miss the 1953 Merc I bought to replace it too.
When I was a teenager, in 12th grade I had a Packard Clipper. It had a 289 with a McCollough type supercharger. It had dual power antennas and a wonderbar radio. It also had an underseat seat heater and a few other unique qualities.
The car was free to me from a former brother-in-law. I just had to drive it home from Minneapolis which was about 300 miles north. The car was pretty rusted, but the body was straight and the paint still shined until I centerpunched an oak tree at 40 mph. The body wrapped around the tree, and likely saved my life.
The only thing I saved from the car was a piece of chrome script that said "Superior". I later put this on the grill of a 1967 Toyota Landcruiser.
The Clipper looked like this, same color. This was not my car, I borrowed the photo from google. I miss that car, or course, I miss the 1953 Merc I bought to replace it too.
All sorts of mud, road scum gets tossed up...then behind those vents...and then has no place to exit. The fenders, rocker panels begin to rust, then the cowl panel.
I've owned several 1962/63 Studebaker GT Hawks, SOP was to stick a garden hose behind those vents, turn it on full blast and then watch all the crap that was ejected.
McCollough made his fortune selling chain saws, sold the Supercharger business to Paxton in 1961. He's the guy that bought what he thought was the Tower Bridge in London (it wasn't...it was the London Bridge).
He had it taken apart, stone by stone, then shipped it to Lake Havasu AZ, then built an island out in the Colorado River, so he would have the bridge spanning water.
The first car I owned was a 1936 Lincoln Zephyr, bought it for 300 bucks in 1956, when I was eleven. The second car I owned was a 1953 Mercury Tudor.
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Interesting...,
I was born in 1956. The first car I owned was at age 13. I bought a 1963 Pontiac Bonniville for $15 and drove it home. It needed a handful of things. I didn't really get along with my dad at the time. When he came home I was in the back yard with the car, my dad came up had his hands at his waist. I thought the belt was comming off and I would yet again be the recipient for having bought the car. Instead he said It'll need an exhaust, we can take out that dent in the fender, I know where we can get some tires. Wow, I was bonding with my father, a very rare situation. He died a week later at age 52. I never did get that car on the road.
I wanted more than anything to not repeat this history with my son. Instead we built him this 1958 F100 when he was 14, in 1996. He now lives in WA, and still has the truck.
Here's the before photo...
I was born in 1956. The first car I owned was at age 13. I bought a 1963 Pontiac Bonniville for $15 and drove it home. It needed a handful of things. I didn't really get along with my dad at the time. When he came home I was in the back yard with the car, my dad came up had his hands at his waist. I thought the belt was comming off and I would yet again be the recipient for having bought the car. Instead he said It'll need an exhaust, we can take out that dent in the fender, I know where we can get some tires. Wow, I was bonding with my father, a very rare situation. He died a week later at age 52. I never did get that car on the road.
I wanted more than anything to not repeat this history with my son. Instead we built him this 1958 F100 when he was 14, in 1996. He now lives in WA, and still has the truck.
Here's the before photo...
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