Recently found u guys on tiktok. Really enjoy your vids , so far. Great seeing father and son working together. U guys are blessed to have each other. (When you said, that you guys are GM, fans, I knew I found my new favorite channel)
Man that’s a classic car. Really you would rather have a GM than a Packard. Lot of GM stuff laying around. Not so much Packard any more. Nice job on getting her running, the clean up and the paint.
There's two camps that want that car: the resto-mod builders and the original restorators who'll keep the paint, like Tom Cotter from Barn Find Hunter. I hope an original restorator with a YT channel gets it. Congrats on the find and future flip.
@@nonelost1, that would be a complete CRIME to restomod this car as complete as it is. Only ONE thing should happen to it, a full restoration. We have enough junk on the highways now. This car is complete history and should be respected as such. If they want to restomod something go find a Toyota. That way you can only improve the thing.
I know where one of these sits under a tarp in an abandoned service station in upstate New York. The first time I saw it I was about 11 years old (I'm 70 now) and I was peering at it through the window of the place wondering what was in there and why it had been vacant so long. I asked my dad. Apparently, the owner/operator had lived in New York City during the week and he and his wife and kids would drive up on weekends and he'd run his gas station for two days before returning to the city. The Packard had been his pride and joy and he'd refused to take it down to the city for fear that it would get stolen or wrecked. He came up every week until he died of a sudden heart attack when I was about five or six. After that, the wife and daughters had never returned. I moved away from my home town in 1975. As of that time the car was still sitting there in the service bay under a tarp. The garage had a decent roof and a concrete floor, and the property is on high ground, so the car remained very dry. But the place has been abandoned so long that trees have grown up through the parking lot and around it and the building is no longer visible from the road. It is visible via Google Earth though during the winter when there aren't any leaves on the trees. The roof looks like it hasn't collapsed yet, so that car should still be intact (Though I'll bet that rodents have taken up residence long ago.) I recently checked the town's parcel viewer via their website and discovered that one of the daughters is listed as the current owner. I wonder when the roof will collapse and that old Packard will finally meet its demise?
Packard was an engineering master. They built Rolls Royce Airplane engines during WWII. The only other car company selected by Rolls for the task. So, not surprised one of their engines would start right up. They also contracted Marine engines. That does not look like fire, but prolonged intense heat? Yellow was a famous Packard color, especially for convertibles.
I love these Cars, Packerd are really well build and beautiful cars .It’s too bad One of the auto motive companies Owners fought against the Auto motive company who Built Packerd’s.Stop a good auto motive Company who were building Packerd’s. Can you imagine how beautiful these automobile would’ve been if they would’ve continue to build these Anto Mobile Packerds .
Bought an 23 series Deluxe 8 just like this about 2 years ago. (It's Packard Blue) she's a daily driver for me. 3 on the tree with OD. Sweet old car. I'm usually the only Packard at the local shows.
Congrats on saving that car from the junkyard. It's a testimony to Packard that it started right up. They built wonderful motors. You probably know this, but you need to get it back to a 6v battery soon. Fortunately, this doesn't have any dials, but the 12 v will burn up dials, etc and lights.
All that burned up and melted electrical stuff basically tells me that the fusible link, if there was one, was bypassed at some point, allowing tons of voltage into the dashboard and the controls. It may have been bypassed because troubleshooting is time consuming and some previous owner didn't know what they were doing, figuring, oh--it's okay----until all the wiring turned into one big cigarette lighter and melted all the plastic and weaker parts. This car needs an entirely new wiring harness because the culprit most likely is still there.
@@theetravisb Sitting in the AZ heat for 40 years will do it. What gets me was that it was under a shade. That explains the paint being so good. Perhaps it was out in the open during some of that time, long enough to melt the dashware, with the windows acting as magnifier glasses, but not long enough to ruin the paint.
There is a cousin of mine, last name Yuzna, who has a shop in the Dakotas specializing in Packard parts and service. He could fix up your dash. Not sure which state.
Looks like the car was parked because of a dash fire. I'll bet somebody wasn't aware that these cars are 6-volt positive ground. The probably threw in a 12-volt battery and hooked it up with a negative ground. Well, all that does is turn the electrical system into one big short circuit. If the battery was half-dead, it would just cause a nice, slow burn like what you see there.
@@theetravisb A buddy of mine learned the hard way with a late 40's Willys. Most cars even up through the 70's had a little bi-metallic strip that regulated voltage to the gauges. When power is applied in a positive ground fashion, it functions properly. When given 12 volts in reverse, it becomes a dead short to ground. Gauges and radio (if turned on) are usually the first devices fried if you hook up a battery wrong. Then voltage regulator, then alternator, then starter. Try putting a battery backwards into a modern car and watch the sparks fly!
I used to own a '50 Packard. Mine was solid black and one of the nicest handling cars I have ever owned when out on the highway. The car would just seem to float over the road. Sadly, I left to go into the Army and some bottom feeding sewer slugs vandalized the car to the extent it was just not financially feasible to repair it.
I was never fond of these bathtub Packards growing up, I'm in California so I saw these running around into the 1960s in good shape. I've warmed up to them lately but through 1949 this Packard outsold the Cadillac. The styling was very popular in the later 40s but started to slow down about 1950, the 49 Lincoln that was bathtub styling gave lincoln a sales record that wasn't beat till 1972, but the ,50 and 51 didn't sell as well
I’m sure someone will spend a lot of time getting it fixed. Probably won’t be able to find oem parts but lots of companies are making stuff to replace things like gauges with electronic ones that are easier to read
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.
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I LOVE the fact that that Packard is a straight eight.
Amazing job! Car is a jewel and looks great...all it needs now is somebody to continue the love vibe you guys have started. 👏👏👏👏👊💛
Recently found u guys on tiktok.
Really enjoy your vids , so far.
Great seeing father and son working together.
U guys are blessed to have each other.
(When you said, that you guys are GM, fans, I knew I found my new favorite channel)
Thank you so much
Amazing vintage quality right there! 👍🏻
Man that’s a classic car. Really you would rather have a GM than a Packard. Lot of GM stuff laying around. Not so much Packard any more. Nice job on getting her running, the clean up and the paint.
What an awesome car and the straight 8 is so smooth
There's two camps that want that car: the resto-mod builders and the original restorators who'll keep the paint, like Tom Cotter from Barn Find Hunter. I hope an original restorator with a YT channel gets it. Congrats on the find and future flip.
Yes! Whatever you do, pull-EASE don't flip it to an abominator!
If a person buys any car he has a right to street rod it but it's crying shame to see it when it is all there . It just needs a lot of loving care .
@@nonelost1, that would be a complete CRIME to restomod this car as complete as it is. Only ONE thing should happen to it, a full restoration. We have enough junk on the highways now. This car is complete history and should be respected as such. If they want to restomod something go find a Toyota. That way you can only improve the thing.
Amazing find! Great running old inline eight!😁👍⚒️🛠️
I know where one of these sits under a tarp in an abandoned service station in upstate New York. The first time I saw it I was about 11 years old (I'm 70 now) and I was peering at it through the window of the place wondering what was in there and why it had been vacant so long.
I asked my dad. Apparently, the owner/operator had lived in New York City during the week and he and his wife and kids would drive up on weekends and he'd run his gas station for two days before returning to the city. The Packard had been his pride and joy and he'd refused to take it down to the city for fear that it would get stolen or wrecked. He came up every week until he died of a sudden heart attack when I was about five or six. After that, the wife and daughters had never returned.
I moved away from my home town in 1975. As of that time the car was still sitting there in the service bay under a tarp. The garage had a decent roof and a concrete floor, and the property is on high ground, so the car remained very dry. But the place has been abandoned so long that trees have grown up through the parking lot and around it and the building is no longer visible from the road. It is visible via Google Earth though during the winter when there aren't any leaves on the trees. The roof looks like it hasn't collapsed yet, so that car should still be intact (Though I'll bet that rodents have taken up residence long ago.) I recently checked the town's parcel viewer via their website and discovered that one of the daughters is listed as the current owner. I wonder when the roof will collapse and that old Packard will finally meet its demise?
Wow. What a story. I’d like to find that garage just to see if that packards still in it . Amazing how some things can just be forgotten like that.
Thanks, any news lately, or follow up??
@@opera93 it might be cursed!! I hope the bloke who posted this is ok... shhh never speak of the gas station packar
Packard was an engineering master. They built Rolls Royce Airplane engines during WWII. The only other car company selected by Rolls for the task. So, not surprised one of their engines would start right up. They also contracted Marine engines. That does not look like fire, but prolonged intense heat? Yellow was a famous Packard color, especially for convertibles.
That’s really cool
Love these comments full of history that makes you learn more and more about this wonderful world of antique cars! Tks for sharing 👐👐
I did see black soot near one of the dials so I believe there was fire.
I believe it was an arching problem in the electrical system that resulted in heat buildup or an electrical surge.
I love that style! What a beauty
It looks great, I think I’d drive it everyday. Good job Travis!👍
More to come
Beautiful she turned out great hope to see more
I love these Cars, Packerd are really well build and beautiful cars .It’s too bad One of the auto motive companies Owners fought against the Auto motive company who Built Packerd’s.Stop a good auto motive Company who were building Packerd’s. Can you imagine how beautiful these automobile would’ve been if they would’ve continue to build these Anto Mobile Packerds .
Bought an 23 series Deluxe 8 just like this about 2 years ago. (It's Packard Blue) she's a daily driver for me. 3 on the tree with OD. Sweet old car. I'm usually the only Packard at the local shows.
I bet it is the only one. That’s cool
@@theetravisb There is one guys around here that owns a couple '29s and a 31. absolutely gorgeous cars. He rarely brings them out to the meets though
Beautiful car ,I love it
That thing runs amazingly well
Built to last !
Had they still been in existence they’d have been built forever with a parts network
Congrats on saving that car from the junkyard. It's a testimony to Packard that it started right up. They built wonderful motors. You probably know this, but you need to get it back to a 6v battery soon. Fortunately, this doesn't have any dials, but the 12 v will burn up dials, etc and lights.
love this !!! great job guys its a beauty
Thank you more to come
The side profile. Looks. Like. A 50 mercury. Cool. Car. Thanks
All that burned up and melted electrical stuff basically tells me that the fusible link, if there was one, was bypassed at some point, allowing tons of voltage into the dashboard and the controls. It may have been bypassed because troubleshooting is time consuming and some previous owner didn't know what they were doing, figuring, oh--it's okay----until all the wiring turned into one big cigarette lighter and melted all the plastic and weaker parts. This car needs an entirely new wiring harness because the culprit most likely is still there.
Outstanding, you got an early 🎄 🎄, Santa Claus came to visit you, very neat toy, make the best of it.
Great project for someone . Beautiful car !! For god sake don't sell to someone who will street rod it !!!
Man, I want that car! Too bad I’m active duty!
I am happy to see part 3 soon
By the looks of the yellow overspray in various places, I’d say it had a repaint at some point in time.
Good eye
Hola buen video vendieron su carro felicidades hicieron un buen negocio?
I love your packard! You sure made it look nice!
Wow, she looks and runs great! It is strange about the gauges!
Yeah kinda confusing on that not sure what that’s all about
@@theetravisb Sitting in the AZ heat for 40 years will do it. What gets me was that it was under a shade. That explains the paint being so good. Perhaps it was out in the open during some of that time, long enough to melt the dashware, with the windows acting as magnifier glasses, but not long enough to ruin the paint.
That is one cool car 🧡
She’s a beauty. Great job.
Maybe Jay Leno might buy it and restore it. 😇🚙🛻
Sounds real good.
cleaned up like new
Nice. Wish I was closer
What a lovely old girl.
love that car!!!
You can get a very useable and presentable dash with instruments for $250 or so on Ebay.
Oh really that’s not bad
I love watching your videos and til toks!
Thank you!
I went to a packard museum and they had a lot of firsts they created the H pattern and so many more things
I know it's not convertible but that car still gives me strong karate kid vibes lol
There is a cousin of mine, last name Yuzna, who has a shop in the Dakotas specializing in Packard parts and service. He could fix up your dash. Not sure which state.
Packard was also a wire company and in fact still makes high voltage wires for cars and other applications.
Great job...still didn't see the fan running. Is it stuck? Water pump condition?
It’s working now !
Looks like the car was parked because of a dash fire. I'll bet somebody wasn't aware that these cars are 6-volt positive ground. The probably threw in a 12-volt battery and hooked it up with a negative ground. Well, all that does is turn the electrical system into one big short circuit. If the battery was half-dead, it would just cause a nice, slow burn like what you see there.
Hmmm never thought of that you might be on to something
@@theetravisb A buddy of mine learned the hard way with a late 40's Willys. Most cars even up through the 70's had a little bi-metallic strip that regulated voltage to the gauges. When power is applied in a positive ground fashion, it functions properly. When given 12 volts in reverse, it becomes a dead short to ground. Gauges and radio (if turned on) are usually the first devices fried if you hook up a battery wrong. Then voltage regulator, then alternator, then starter.
Try putting a battery backwards into a modern car and watch the sparks fly!
Nice old car
Haha once u said general motor fans .I was like sweet .I love gm cars and trucks. Lol u had me at " I'm a gm fan"👍😀
I used to own a '50 Packard. Mine was solid black and one of the nicest handling cars I have ever owned when out on the highway. The car would just seem to float over the road. Sadly, I left to go into the Army and some bottom feeding sewer slugs vandalized the car to the extent it was just not financially feasible to repair it.
I’m sorry to hear that man
Great video
I was never fond of these bathtub Packards growing up, I'm in California so I saw these running around into the 1960s in good shape. I've warmed up to them lately but through 1949 this Packard outsold the Cadillac. The styling was very popular in the later 40s but started to slow down about 1950, the 49 Lincoln that was bathtub styling gave lincoln a sales record that wasn't beat till 1972, but the ,50 and 51 didn't sell as well
I sure hope y'all changed the oil.
Marvel mystery oil down carb while running helps lube everything
Then add to gas
I’m sure someone will spend a lot of time getting it fixed. Probably won’t be able to find oem parts but lots of companies are making stuff to replace things like gauges with electronic ones that are easier to read
Maybe it's an Arizona car? Arizona does that to interiors.
Yeah it kills em
Maybe the gages melted because it’s in Arizona?
Video descriptions are a riot. No punctuation, randomly capitalized words... luckily the illiterate are good with their hands.
I’m a builder not a speller 😂
You don’t see many yellow old cars wow..
Sanded it by hand or with a buffer?
Sanded by hand then buffed
Nice video and channel. I'm subscribing. Thanks.
Thank you 🙏
are you running 12 volt to a 6 volt Ignition coil, that can't be good.
No we put a 12v coil on
I wonder if all the melted plastic was some sort of chemical reaction. Maybe they fumigated the car? Did you ask the previous owner? Weird anyway.
It looks really good dang
Do you have any ideas for a future project?
I never know what I’m gonna do next I just do things
@@theetravisb yeah that makes sense
What are willing to ask for it.
It probably is a 6 volt system and someone put a 12 battery in it.
So how much do you want for it ?
You have an odd concept of "Looks like a new car".
The old potato styling.
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned
from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the
Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas
station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel
pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in
the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems,
turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and
New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be
done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of
crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.