My next project? 1921 Packard Coupe

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On the subject of that replacement condenser in the distributor. I have gone back through some of my earliest photographs of the engine. The original condenser had a major short circuit and was deemed un repairable. I think that my solution to the problem is better than the interim "conversion" on the distributor when the car was purchased. See close up photo of pickaback condenser held in place by a radiator hose clip. I think that we have made a little progress....

6-26-2011

Talk about being young and clever, I just wish I was young! I am having a huge garage clean out. Getting ready to start dismantling the Packard Chassis. There is 40 years of accumulated junk, I have about a ton and a half of scrap cast iron and steel for the scrap man to collect next week. What do you do with about 20 gallons of assorted nuts and bolts. I have this bad habit of replacing any used nuts and bolts, especially all the ones with rounded heads or damaged threads, with new ones and throwing the old ones into a bucket. This is then emptied into a 20 gallon (60 Litre) drum with the top cut out. One problem is that I simply cannot lift it. Last time I had one of these clear outs I gave a similar drum to a young friend who was playing about doing junk sculpture. Problem is that I would not know where to contact him again and forty years later he is probably a Company Director or something terribly smart.

Right now my back, hips and shoulders are telling me that I have done enough lifting for today.

6-27-2011

Just some of the 40+ years collection of junk! If you see anything that you want/need it is too late. I have been trying to give away some of this stuff for years. No one wants it! I am keeping the spare Herschell-Spillman crankshaft and one conrod and piston. Don't ask me why....