Altimeter repair

[Pete Masterson]

Well, perhaps an FC31... as I recall, it was a 56 Packard Patrician
-- weighed over 4,200 lbs. (2/3 of it chrome.) Had a huge V8--about
300 hp (a lot for the era). 127" wheel base. Went like a bat out of
hell. Felt like driving down the road floating on a bed of
marshmallows. Definitely not the car for curvy roads. It was the last
"real" Packard built. After the '56 model year, they were based on a
Studebaker chassis.

The more I think about it, it was probably one of his Lincolns that
had the altimeter -- they're much less clear in my mind. (That
Packard was the first car I actually drove (at about age 13)).

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at CCW in Riverside, CA



On Jun 5, 2008, at 6:18 PM, erniecarpet@... wrote:

> In a message dated 6/5/2008 7:04:21 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> aeonix1@... writes:
> I think my dad had a Lincoln or Packard that had an altimeter in it,
> a bazillion years ago (in the 50s). It had no practical value as far
> as I could tell
> Pete- that Packard probably weighed as much as my coach, 39,000+
> LOL!!!
>
> Ernie Ekberg
> 83PT40
> Livingston, Montana
>