Don't have the bulb in front of me, but it was a local non national branded parts store. One of those places with crap everywhere, and I went in with the bulb and said "I need one of these" and he went in the back and pulled out a box from the 40's, covered with an inch of dust with a couple of bulbs inside.

So I noticed some green drips under the car and my mechanic discovered there is a leak where the shaft that turns the fan goes into the engine. Any ideas? Picture below.

Thanks in advance!

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Jason's voicemail has been full for a few weeks and I've sent him 2 emails with no response.

Ace appears to be out of business; all 3 phone numbers are no longer in service.

My local shop can't do anything because they can't bench test it.

Will keep looking for sources....

OK, so now I need someone to rebuild the generator.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Thanks. Want to use Kanter's as a last resort, don't really like them much.

Did a search and couldn't find anything. Need a generator cut out switch for my 28. Really don't want to have them rig it to work since I want to keep it as original as possible. Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Stu

Hope this is in the right place. So earlier this summer, I was in the Warren OH museum. While waiting for wifey to finish up, I was wandering around the gift shop and saw a 1996 issue of the Packard International Magazine with a picture of Dr. Lou Abelda's 28 526 Runabout on the cover. Grabbed it since I've never seen anything printed about the car except one picture in an AACA magazine last year.

Finally had a chance to read the article and found a few interesting things; the lower headlights are supposed to turn with the wheels (not really sure if they do or not; never been in front of the car since I'm the only one who can drive it) and that my dash should be wood grain and not painted. However, the real interesting thing was that allegedly there are only 14 of these left? I was a bit confused as to the number made; the article says "The newest Packard Six featured so many goodies that the factory "double -shifted" to speed 41,750 cars to their ecstatic dealers." Later, the article says "The late Grover Secord, the roster keeper of the 1928 Packards, said only fourteen of them are known to exist".

So, I was wondering if anyone has any idea as to where I can get more information regarding these numbers? Don't have the owner's manual with me, but does the article mean that 41,750 total Six cylinder Packards were made and only 14 are left? Or, since the car pictured is the 526 Runabout, do they mean that 41,750 526 Runabouts were built and only 14 are left? Or..... did Packard build 41,750 total six cylinder cars and only 14 526 Runabouts are left????

I'm also a bit confused regarding the serial number. The article says that the engine number was also used as the serial number, and the last once produced for the 1928 model year was 166941. However, the serial number on the body tag on the firewall of my car is 97582. Haven't had a chance to look on the engine; where would it be?

Anyway, really glad I grabbed the magazine! That $5 magazine is gonna cost me since now I want to get the lights moving!!!!

As always, thanks again for any help.

Yeah, it's the gauge on the dash that shows when power is pulled from the battery. I'm a mechanical moron and don't know much about this stuff.

Will pass the link above to my mechanic.

Hi,

Either need to find a new one or someone who can rebuild mine.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!

Thanks for the replies and the nice words, Lee!

Yup, it's the white one with the black top and red stripe. I'm in Vineland, we've probably seen each other. Which show did you see me at? Picture is below.

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