Again, I'm not posting to criticize, just bringing to light what could/would prevent new users from coming back. After Kev did some altering, it seemed to get better. However, today it has become especially slow again.

I too have had good luck with many Packard suppliers. Just like grocery stores, though, prices and quality vary depending on the specific item. Many times it's good to come here to the forum and ask, where's a good place to buy/get-rebuilt??
I've had excellent service from Kanter. Stuart Blond deals with their Packard parts and is very helpful.
You need to be careful with some New Old Stock parts. Things like hoses, bushings and even regulators do not stand up to time very well.

I do not mean to nit-pick, because I think this is an extremely good web site, but I'm finding that it takes quite long to travel from one page to another here. I have a high-speed connection and do not experience this problem anywhere else. Is anyone else having the same problem. I can't imagine what it must be like with slower speed connection.

... and it has 1941 hub caps as well. As MrPushbutton says, it's a 1941 that may be titled as a '42.

Tom,
New wiring and clean contacts will fix a lot of ailments.
As you said, if the headlights are working like new, there should be no problem unless you are going too fast.

Ken
I'd check it anyway. One person's idea of "complete" is different than another's.

Ken
It shouldn't wander about the road. You need to check into replacing tie rod ends, king pins, steering link, control arm bushings, etc. Something's gotta be worn.

I kept telling this to my dad who wanted to put radials on his '42, because "it wandered all over the place." Well... he put the radials on and guess what, it didn't solve the problem. It turned out that the control arm bushings were shot.

I remember driving down I-24 on the downside of Monteagle, just west of Chattanooga, in the fast lane in the 1930 Packard 734 when I heard what sounded like a shotgun blast. It was the right rear tire.

Packard Club and Classic Car Club Directories!!
Voltage Regulator
electric fuel pump
floor jack (trust me, don't bother with a bottle or scissors jack)
Also, I highly suggest in addition to a fire extinguisher...
... a few two-liter bottles of diet un-cola sodas. If you have a bearing fire, which you probably won't, these come in extremely handy. Shake them up and squirt onto the area. The fire extinguisher will put the fire out, but won't cool the grease and will start right back up again. The diet soda will quench and cool. It has to be diet, though, as there is no sugar in it.

Also, directions to my house as I'd love to offer you a place to stay on your way through. If you dip on down to I-70, you go right past Dayton. It's a good place to stop, as there is a pretty nice Packard Museum downtown.

Or, you can stop by here on your way back to Texas.

I called my father (a dyed in the wool prewar Packard fanatic) this morning, who, as you probably know, is the Master of Ceremonies for the Greenwich show. He was not informed of any such documentation on the car.