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I said that too some posts ago!

Anyway, maybe it's time to get the proper carburetor that's ported specifically for your car, then reconnect the lines as they should be. Dump the electric fuel pump and connect everything the way it should be after rebuilding the stock pump. I've never ever had a problem with a properly plumbed Packard fuel system even when the cars sit for months or years at a time!

You can try re-torquing it to see of the nuts were loose. Not an actual test and I'll let the experts chime in on that but is a place to start. It seems to me that if the problem started after installing new exhaust, then maybe an already-loose manifold could have been disturbed.

Why all this Rube Goldberg stuff when you can not only get the proper line new or used and the proper filter but also support our suppliers so that they can stay around for years to come? It doesn’t cost any more but looks far less hokey when done. No reason to bypass the original pump either so just connect it properly the way it was engineered.

I’ve been looking for a spotlight with mirror for my 1951 Henney-Packard and was under the impression that it was a Unity unit. However, this mirror is on an all-original 1952 Henney-Packard and not only appears to be Guide, but it seems rather stylish with the fins on the sides.

Based on the 1951 Accessory Brochure, the passenger cars used Unity but does anyone know if the Henneys followed suit? The one in the first photo on the 1952 looks too “modern” for the era.

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Millers Oils are extraordinarily expensive AND Amazon.com has shipping charges on their products. I buy many things on Amazon and done right, there is virtually never any shipping charges without being a Prime member.

The line from the pump runs up to the fuel filter which is connected directly to the carburetor. No rubber involved other than the one from the chassis line to the pump’s inlet.

Although likely not in the online catalog, possibly Classic Tube makes the line. I have one for 4-barrel 1956 but the parts book shows that it’s different for 1955 but I’ve never owned a 1955 so not sure of the difference.

Otherwise, Max Merritt might have an NOS line and filter assembly.

Thank you, Ernie! I didn’t think they ever made anything so large but I’ll ask.

Thank you and I had thought of those things but the factory mats have non-ribbed borders that can’t be done using a sheet of rubber and I am not keen on sticking in non-authentic bits such as carpet even as a last resort.

Is anyone making or does someone have a good used front floor mat for 1951? This is the ribbed full width mat, not the individual carpet protector type.

Can it be that the rubber has hardened to the point that it is simply too stiff to allow the glass to move?