Glad to see you got it out again for a drive. Some beautiful colors this year. Love it.

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Sometimes that was a "dealer special" added to 1955 cars to get them off the lot. One member here has a 55 400 that apparently from the dealership had 56 trim added, mirror spotlights on both sides of the car, rain guards, etc. added to it to help it sell.

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Interesting car with a 1955 front clip and 1956 side trim. Could it have been a very late test car or prototype of some sort, especially as it’s supposedly original and unmolested?

I thought we lost the Yorktown at Midway.


Trivia: today is the anniversary of the Battle of Samar. If you don't know about it, Google it. David vs Godzilla, and we fought 'em to a standstill.

Funny you should ask. My 288s need help. But I've been talking to a guy in upstate NY who has a (claims to be) rebuilt 288 for sale along with some other goodies. I'm interested in the goodies but not a(nother) 288.


He doesn't seem to be in any hurry, I'm busy as Hell at work right now, and you guys are fixin' to go into the Sneaux Season.


Maybe come Spring?

My 29 640 with the Big Eight has/had the same cork material. I plan replace it as well. Believed to be sound deadening material

Here's another within an hour of my abode.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/329198642928254/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

That's right. Wash the ceramic filter in acetone. You can also get modern pleated paper filter.

For those missing such a filter or having a warped one, Jeff Adkins, Moose Motors, Penngrove (Petaluma, CA in the North Bay) had or has NOS, as he does most mechanical items and all drum brake parts for everything domestic from Auburn through Zephyr into the '60s. (707) 792-9985, packardguy54@sbcglobal.net

Tell him Mike, '47 Super Clipper, Walnut Creek referred you. Jeff also rebuilds most components, including pressure plates with the Packard jigs.

"Chinese red" available from Ace Hardware a match for the original paint, as it was for the recessed hexagon on the hubcaps of the '40 One-Twenty i had long ago.

Thank you both for your input.

I was able to locate the engine number. In case someone comes looking for the same information one day, the number is located on the left side toward the front of the engine and is clearly visible from the top (when the engine is right-side-up ).

Today was a happy day….yesterday was an angry/disappointed day.

I worked on marrying the two sets of horns to make one correct set. The internals of what I had plus the “new” trumpets I found in Hershey. Should be easy, right?

Well….not so fast.

First, I found that the hole pattern was about less than an 1/8in larger on my old internals. So, I had to grind that down to fit the new trumpet base. That wasn’t bad. Then, I had to drill out all the holes on the internals so all the bolts would sit properly. Even that wasn’t too bad, but took some time.

Then, put the first horn together, install it, and test it….nothing…just the click of the relay…no beep.

My next thought was…”great, I went from horns that didn’t look quite right, but worked that I could have been content with to horns that look great and are correct….but don’t work!!”

After some experimenting with another battery on the bench top, I could get a very slight, but only momentary vibration. So, I started thinking my battery was low. It was, but not horrible. Put it on a charger.

Went back to tonight to try it out…still nothing. So full disassembly. With a lot of experimenting I found that there is a quite small window on the adjustments where it works and sounds good or doesn’t work at all. Got it working tonight. Then, went through the modifications on the second one tonight. It worked fine when I was done.

So, after a little frustration yesterday, I now have correct working horns.

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