What you can make on old machines

johnoder

Diamond

Joined

Jul 16, 2004

Location

Houston, TX USA

• Nov 13, 2005

• #1

About 15 years ago when I owned the 30 Packard, I made these spring shackle bolts (fancy, huh?) on my old P&W lathe and B&S grinder. Material was 4142 heat treated. Photographed with the Packard radiator shell as a backdrop.

More Packard pics here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/johnoder/30Packard/03.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/johnoder/30Packard/02.jpg

John

 

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JL Sargent

Diamond

Joined

Feb 7, 2005

Location

Birmingham, AL

• Nov 14, 2005

• #2

Nice work John, but, how in the world did you ever let that car go?

 

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Guest

Guest

• Nov 14, 2005

• #3

The bolts are nice, but I want that car.

 

johnoder

Diamond

Joined

Jul 16, 2004

Location

Houston, TX USA

• Nov 14, 2005

• #4

It was only the lowliest one they made that year, called the Standard Eight, 126" WB (19" shorter than the bigger cars) and only cost five times as much as a Ford when new, instead of ten or twelve times as much. The shackle bolts are drilled for pressure oil from the Bijur chassis lubricator. Instead of having a el cheapo thermostat in the water, it had a thermostat that opened and closed those radiator shutters! Damndest thing you ever saw (and heard - it squeaked a little - like someone slowly opening a screen door!)

John

 

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stephen thomas

Diamond

Joined

Jun 3, 2001

Location

downhill from Twain\'s study outside Elmira, NY

• Nov 14, 2005

• #5

John, the work and the car are both beautiful! Some of the gizmosity, like metered chassis oilers, and the shutters on the grille for the radiator just add to the appeal of old machinery.

smt

 

johnoder

Diamond

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Jul 16, 2004

Location

Houston, TX USA

• Nov 14, 2005

• #6

Thanks for favorable comments men. It was a lot of fun - not restored, so you could treat it like a regular car, which it thought it was, even with all the little plastic fantastic cars zipping around it .

 

johnoder

Diamond

Joined

Jul 16, 2004

Location

Houston, TX USA

• Apr 22, 2012

• #7

The End

Guy I sold it to in 1996 let his house burn down and the Packard was too near.

1930 Packard parts car

Used to look like this.

30Packard pictures by johnoder - Photobucket

 

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Antarctica

Hot Rolled

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Jan 16, 2007

Location

Annapolis, Maryland

• Apr 22, 2012

• #8

Wow -

What a bummer for the car to go that way...

Brent

 

Abom79

Stainless

Joined

Feb 24, 2011

Location

Pensacola, FL

• Apr 22, 2012

• #9

Nice work John. Sorry to see the car go out that way.

 

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advt001

Aluminum

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Aug 21, 2008

Location

alabama

• Apr 22, 2012

• #10

What can you make on old machines? A living..

 

Toolmaker51

Cast Iron

Joined

Jan 13, 2009

Location

Central West Missouri

• Jan 13, 2021

• #11

advt001 said:

What can you make on old machines? A living..

Click to expand...

Not only a living, but can make new machines as well; so I'm told.

 

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davehud

Cast Iron

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Dec 17, 2004

Location

San Antonio, Texas

• Jan 13, 2021

• #12

Old threads never die...