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Shorty
Shorty
McKinleyville, CA, USA

Joined: 07/30/2011

My Lifestyles:
Low Rider, Classics, H.A.M.B., Build-It, Drive-It, Custom Rodder, Hot Rodder, Old-School, Restorer, Builder
Packard 200 "Jezebel"
Jezebel
Volkswagon Beetle "La Baja Cucorocha"
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Buick LeSabre "no name yet"
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Packard 200 "Jezebel"

 
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Drivetrain:
As mentioned, it had the original 327 inline 8, but I blew it up. After some trading I acquired another 327 straight eight, this time out of an automatic car which means its slightly higher compression and had a little lumpier cam from the factory. It has the original 3spd column shift, and a Borg Warner R11 OD unit that never worked right.Weird gears in the rear... factory 4.00 to 1.

Chassis:
Bone stock. Similar to early 50's GM suspension with king-pins and stucks mounted in the center of the coils. Leafs in rear with 3" blocks, frame is sitting on the axle with no bump stops. As you can imagine, it rides your on a freaking cloud.
Wheels & Tires:
Stock steelies with 8.20x15 BFG Silvertown bias plys by Coker. I change between '55 Cadillac and '59 Rambler caps, or sometimes bare steelies. Some wanna-be gangbanger kid in my neighborhood slashed one of my white walls while I was parked on the street in front of my house, so I run my good whites in front and some old tires with painted whites in back. i'd like to get a set of G78s from Coker by the end of this next school-year. 
Body:

Right now I just have it in some Western Industrial black while I'm completing the bodywork. I am shaving all the emblems and side trim, but can't really decide on weather or not I wanna keep the chrome fins on the rear fenders... They're kinda kool, but kinda obtrusive. Being a kustom painter and pinstriper, this one has definitely not gone un-touched. We had some left over colors at the shop from flaming some mailboxes, so I laid out some quickie flames down the sides.


Interior:
Really not much in here... Blankets on the seats to protect the perfect green and white striped broadcloth.Haven't really started on the interior yet, except for some stripping on the dash.

I bought my '53 Packard Clipper Deluxe for 200 bucks when I was 14, almost 3 years ago. Originally it's from Grants...

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1953 Packard Clipper Deluxe

Jezebel

kustom mixed cream body; 1957 Pontiac Limefire with gold flake added for the roof

New Paint!!

trim will be added soon, along with some green scallops

Roof really pops in the sun!!!

 
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pikesan
04-07-2012 4:24 PM
Your Packard is sweet man. I want to get someone a little less ordinary for my first custom...
pikesan
04-07-2012 4:23 PM
Hey guys, personal messages are coming on the next release of MyRideisMe.com. If you're interested in helping with beta testing, send me a note.... you can always email people with the "envelope" icon in the top left corner.
Shorty
01-29-2012 2:45 PM
You have to go into the forum and it's up in the corner under the log out tab.
dc93546
01-29-2012 10:37 AM
cant find where to get personal messages?
Shorty
01-26-2012 6:55 PM
Thanks man!! Yeah, the flames are mine, though they're just a quicky rattle can job to see if is like em on the car. Someone said flames don't belong on luxury automobiles and I just wanted to prove em wrong. LOL!! I sent you a PM with my number and such, man.
dc93546
01-26-2012 9:56 AM
nice whip shorty.....did you do the flames? my wife wants to do them on my rig....she is a model for humboldt pin-ups....she rolls in a white 65 t-bird you might have seen her around...
Shorty
08-01-2011 2:36 AM
Thanks man! It's gettin' there anyways. A little closer every day, ya know. LOL!
pikesan
08-01-2011 1:53 AM
That's cool Shorty... definitely "kustom"
Shorty
08-01-2011 12:35 AM
The grill holes were parking lamps, but the lenses were so dried out they crumbled when I tried to clean 'em. My plan is to use 60-61 Chevy reverse lights in there and use them as turn signals.
Shorty
08-01-2011 12:33 AM
These old Packards are definitely out there for the pickin, man. There's a really nice '55 Clipper n craigslist a couple counties south of me that was cherry as all get out.
kastoo
07-30-2011 8:48 PM
Oh here's one..decent price http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/2465923148.html
kastoo
07-30-2011 8:48 PM
WAT? No price... http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/2472602753.html
kastoo
07-30-2011 8:44 PM
Sweet! I saw some Packards on Craigslist for cheap...and not too far from daily drivers either. So what is going in those grill holes?
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