PACKARDS INTERNATIONAL MOTOR CAR CLUB

VOLUME 14 OCTOBER 1988 SAN DIEGO REGION

Reminder for our OCTOBER TOUR WINE COUNTRY PICNIC with Cadillac-LaSalle Club

On Sunday, October 9, we will tour with the Cadiilac-LaSalle Club to the Temecula Wine Country area in Riverside County. The first meeting place and START OF TOUR will be the SANDS HOTEL, the big dome west of route 163 at Clairemont Mesa Blvd. The Cadillac Club and the Packard club will gather there at 0900 to begin the tour. The second stop and meeting place will be at 1-15 at route 76 park and ride where we will pick up those from the North county coast and inland areas at about 10:15 am. We should arrive at the CALLOWAY WIN­ERY about 10:45 to 11:00 am, and take a breather, because our tour will start at 12:00 noon.

The CALLOWAY WINERY is located at 32720 Rancho California Road , east of 1-15. Our tour will include a lecture about wine and winemaking, a taste of 4 wines, (must be 21 or over) and a souvenir glass. For this you pay a sum of $1.50.

After the winery tour, we will gather for our pot luck picnic on the winery grounds. Every­one bring a large dish of your favorite food and your own dishes and utensils.

A LAST MINUTE CHANGE: We will have a brief business meeting at the picnic. This was decided because of the lateness in September of that monthly meeting, and the close proxim­ity of our regular meeting date to that of both the September and October tours. If you can't make the tours, please plan to be at the November meeting for the election of officers, thank you.

After the picnic, an entertaining visit to several antique barns will round out the day. It promises to be a great fall tour , so come on out and join us. Call Linda for reservations at 566-8618 or just join us at the prescribed place and time and enjoy a day of fun and friendship.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1988

President Rick Bittner Vice-President Tony Collins

Secretary Treasurer Membership Projects Publications

Technical Programs &

Tours

Linda Bittner Ken Yankee Lloyd King Mark Rothermich James Dahmann

Phil Burgess B.J . Hill Fred Perkins

THE DRIVER'S SEAT

566-8618 H 451-0669 W 530-1414

566-8618 273-4513 276-3673 583-2369

H 743-1395 W 693-5658

459-0229 W 530-1414

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I believe it is important to give recognition to those club members who have continued to give of their time in support of the 1953 PACKARD MAYFAIR fund rais­ing project which will benefit the San Diego Automotive Museum. First of all, James Dahmann and Mark Rothermich have been in the forefront with their zeal and dedication to this goal. Each has been unself­ish with his time and innovative with ideas to show and advertise our project . With their advertising efforts, in such publications as Old Cars Weekly, etc., the club receives 5-10 requests for tickets daily from across the nation.

Mark and James , along with Linda Bittner, Helen and Tony Paradowski, B. J. Hill & Tony Collins , Lloyd King, and Ginger McLean have ben in the forefront when it comes to attending events which display the car and sell tickets. As an example, we received over $700.00 in ticket sales on September 18, 1988 at the Seaport Village Concours.

Although no official tally has been maintained, it is obvious from ticket stubs that George Cataline, Bert Salas, Mario Ballerini, Tony Paradowski, and Tony Acierno lead the dub with ticket sales.

My thanks to each of you on behalf of our club. Your dedication and support to our organization has been recognized both inside our club and throughout the community.

The Board of Directors nominating committee will present a slate of new officers in October. The new offi­cers are for 1989. Per the club's by-laws, any member wishing an absentee ballot must send a written request to the club president. The request will be placed on file and an absentee ballot will be mailed to that member(s) in time for the election scheduled for the general mem­bershiop meeting on November 2, 1988.

MAYFAIR PROJECT

We need ticket sellers! Several events will be upcoming and we need help in selling tickets. Please let Linda Bit­tner, 566-8618, know if you would be willing to help out for a few hours. The more people we have, the less time each of the volunteers wilLhave-to he there at any one event.

The Southern California Region of Packard$.., In'ternational proudly

announces:

The' Ninth' Annual Packard: ... Grand Salon Concours d'Elegance

The Art Center College of Design Pasadena California

Saturday~~:. October 22, 1988 .~. 9am to 4pm

The Elegance of' Design

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES AND TOURS

September 24 MEETING/TOUR Cafe del rey Morro, Balboa Park.

October 9 Temecula - Winery - Antique Shop Tour and Picnic Jointly with the Cadillac - LaSalle Club

October 2,1.. Concourse at Pasadena Art Center College P. 1. So. Cal. Region HOST

November 6 Swap Meet, Cypress High School P. 1. So. Cal. HOST

November 19 S. D. Automotive Museum GRAND OPENING

and Packard Mayfair ticket sales finally end! It's party time!

December, FIRST weekend, ( Christmas Party Event San Diego Region

January 8, 1989 . Brunch and Officer's installation 5an Diego Regio!l

January, 1989 NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP MEET Orange County

February, 1989 Big 3 SWAP MEET, San Diego Stadium

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

The late Pete Bradley's estate sale: Call Fred Perkins at (619) 966-0190 days. Prices have been listed as a guide and are negotiable on some items.

1956 PACKARD '400' solid but unrestored, yellow and white, $2700. 1956 PACKARD '400' restored engine with super­charger, all new running gear, paint and upholstery, running, needs some assembly. $7500. 1955 PACKARD PATRICIAN parts car, restorable, $950. 1954 PACKARD 6 cylinder boat engine and transmis­sion, complete: call for details. 1936 Chevrolet Std coupe w/rumble seat, 6 cyl. Ready for ten more great races, asking $7500.

NEW PLACE NEW PLACE NEW PLACE

Monthly meeting, first Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm. We will meet at the S. D. Automotive Museum in Balboa Park. ENTRANCE is at the NORTH stairwell only. DO NOT ENTER the museum floor area, or ALARM WILL SOUND. Construction is proceeding, but the meeting room is open and is now our regular monthly meeting place. Assorted topics will be dis­cussed as required, and may include our MAYFAIR museum project, new tours and pOSSible new projects.

September 24 September 24 Our meeting this month will be our tour as well. See

detailed paragraph. Tour talk, Prep, Museum Progress Board Nominations for next year

October 9 Joint Tour brief business meeting, Museum Project,

Swap meet, Christmas

November 2 Meeting Election of Board Members

December 7 Meeting? Christmas Party, too!

January 4, 1989 Prep for Installation Brunch/Tour Start ALL-CAL Tour Plans

February 1. 1989 Big Three Swap Meet Booth

March 1 More ALL-CAL TOUR PLANS

April 5 Spring Tour time again

May3

1949 Studebaker 112 ton P/U 3 spd/o.d. 1955 Stude 232 V-8 Engine, Many new parts, $1000. 1952 Willys Aero 2/dr HT. 161 CI 6cyl L head engine. Runs, $1000. 1953 Willys 4-door Aero Ace, parts. $100. 1955 Willys Bermuda 2-dr HT unrestored, $1000. 1963 Studebaker Lark Daytona 2-dr V-8 running. $1400. 1978 Lincoln Mark 5, 2-dr with reworked, 1969460 ci engine, very good condition, $3850. 1966 GMC I-Ton, 351 V6, with OPEN ROAD self con­tained camper, chassis mount. $1050. 1967 IMPERIAL 2dr HT 440 ci V-8 All opts inc 'Direc­tors Option' $2500. 1968 IMPERIAL 4dr HT 440 ci V-8 All opts inc Leather Upholstery. $1900.

MUSEUM PROJECT **PACKARD MAYFAIR** SELLING SCHEDULE

IF ANYONE WISHES TO SIGN UP AND HELP, PLEASE CONTACT ANYONE ON THE BOARD AND WE CAN HELP YOU SO YOU CAN HELP US.

OCT 1 GILLESPIE FIELD, EL CAJON. 8:30 to 4 pm

OCT 2 GILLESPIE FIELD, AS ABOVE OPTION OR ADD: OCT 2 MUSTANG CLUB AT SEA WORLD

HAND OUT FLYERS -OCT 7 RORY'S, SAN DIEGO, FIRST FRIDAY CRUISE. OCT 8 STUDE BAKERS AT HANALEI HOTEL, MISSION VALLEY, ALL DAY SHOW OCT 9 PACKARD/CADILLAC LASALLE TOUR TO TEMECULA WINERY, ALL DAY OCT 15 VISTA, ANTIQUE GAS AND STEAM ENGINE MUSEUM ALL DAY OCT 16 DEL MAR CONCOURS AT RACE TRACK, ALL DAY. OCT 22 PASADENA, ART CENTER CONCOURS, P. I. ALL DAY OCT 23 VISTA, ANTIQUE GAS AND STEAM ENGINE MUSEUM ALL DAY OCT 29 S.D. STADIUM SHALOM EVENT 8AM TO 4PM OCT 30 DEER PARK ESCONDIDO AUTO AND ART SHOW, 7AM (PUBLIC, 9:30)

TO 4PM (AWARDS AT 3:30PM) NOV 4 RORY'S FIRST FRIDAY CRUISE NOV 5 OPEN NOV 6 P.I. SWAP MEET NOV 6 50'S . THEME FUN RUN SDSU, MORE? NOV 12 OPEN NOV 13 OPEN NOV 19 GRAND OPENING AT THE MUSEUM

f-- , $1.3 million paid for pocket watch

United Press IDtel'll8tloDal

NEW YORK .:.- A pocket watch commissioned in 1922 by automobile magnate James Packard for $16,000 was acquired yesterday for $1.3 mil­lion by the Swiss company that origi­nally made the watch.

The company, Patek Philippe of Geneva, said the price was the high­est ever paid for a watch without precious stones.

Since Packard's death in 1928, the watch has been on loan to the Smith­sonian Institution in Washington along with other items from Pack­ard's estate.

Known as "the Packard," the pock­et watch includes dials that indicate moon phases, sunsets and sunrises, leap years and heavenly time. It also has a repeater mechanism that strikes the hours and quarter-hours.

The watch was sold through a pri­vate deal engineered by the Ameri-' can Watchmakers Institute.

The watch took five years to make after it was ordered by Packard. The $16,000 price paid was unprecedented It1- the time. .

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CARS FOR SALE

1937 Packard '120' Convertible coupe with rumble seat. Delicate yellow, black nylon top, tan naugahide interior, dual sidemounts, 4 new Firestone whitewall tires, new chrome hubcaps, radio, engine rebuilt in 1978 (low mileage), functions trouble free, Dashboard needs restoration. A beauty at $35,000. , firm,

Robert Grant (619) 298-9728 1891 Titus St. San Diego, California 92110

Dr. Grant 's car, top up and top down.

1953 Packard Mayfair, stick shift (condition unknown) $1000.

Frank (619) 444-4540 1463 Peach Street Lakeside, California 92040

1941 Packard' 120' Convertible, Complete, needs com­plete restoration . NO overdrive, no radio, no heater. $10,000.

Larry Powell, Powell auto Restoration 801 E. Lambert #E (714) 992-0251 La Habra, CA 90631 (213) 697-7386

PARTS FOR SALE

Packard ' 120' engines: one 1938 engine partially disas­sembled, but complete, and one 1940 engine, complete including transmission, and reportedly all accessories. no reasonable offer refused.

Ron Larrea (619) 443-3017 9011 Los Coches Rd. Lakeside, California 92040

LEMO~GRQVE P!ATING 1400 CLE~ELAN[{:" .

NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA :92050

To Packards international Members:

Over the yeilrs we have established a reputation for quality plating, and a quality car deserves quality plating. I ('\fin a 1928 PACKARD Roadster and know the value you place on your parts . If you

have a plating need, come in and. , , ,

Ask The Man Who Owns One

BILL RHODES President (619) 474·4424

International Motor Car Club San Diego Region

3267 MOHICAN AVENUE SAN DIEGO, CA 92117

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OCTOBER 1988

October's Memory Lane

Oct 1,1931 First car from PACKARD:s Canadian assembly plant

rolls off the assembly line: The plant is located across the river from Detroit in Windsor, Ontario,

Oct 10, 1900 First PACKARD auto ad appears in 'A u tomobile

Age.'

Oct 12 , 1950 1951 PACKARD [lamed 'Most Beautiful Car of the

Year' by the Society of Motion picture Art Directors.

Oct 31, 1901 The phrase, 'Ask The Man Who Owns One ' first

appears in a PACKARD ad in Motor Age.

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