The 12v batteries on my 1965 Cadillac and 1985 Plymouth Voyager Magic Camber are more that 10 years old and going strong as I leave them connected to a solar maintainer with a large panel on the shop's roof. There are extremes in temperature where my shop is so a maintainer is a requirement in those conditions, especially the cold!

I do NOT have one on the 6v Napa Commercial battery on my 1954 Patrician and just had to replace the battery which was barely 5 years old so I need to come up with something for it too.

There are some very slight differences between the 1940 and 1941 grille (and maybe 1942) but they are little details that do not show at all on the outside and they all fit the same opening. I don’t recall exactly what these differences were but I know the original grille from my 1940 was slightly different than the replacement I bought from a 1941.

Note also that for the stationery bars, the originals had four different ones installed on a given grille. There were two types of shorter ones and two types of longer ones, the differences being that lefts had the front edge bent to match the angle of the left side of the grille and right hand had them angled to match the right side. Some reproduction bars have a radius on the front edge so watch for that when buying.

Yes, I like the wire wheels too and have a set of five originals that I am trying to decide what to do with. I had thought of putting them on my 1954 Patrician and tried one on which looked quite nice but they are more appropriate for a 2-door hardtop or convertible than they are for a sedan.

I believe those are spoked wheel covers rather than rims and they look rather tacky! I've seen them on other Packards but haven't looked to see if they were a factory accessory or not.

I couldn't agree more and always preferred the bail on my several former 1940 and 1941 Packards. It was very clean and no much worry of someone trying to steel it either.

As for pelican vs cormorant, yes, they are entirely different birds but both are sea birds while a swan is not. Here on the West Coast, I often see cormorants sunning themselves on rocks while having their wings standing high above them. We have pelicans here too, of course, but I have never seen them do that.

No 115 in 1940 but as far as I recall, the 110, 120, 160 and 180 used the same grille housing. The grille frame itself, though, is quite different between the junior and senior models but the parts book should help confirm.

It looks very nice! The swirls are what known as Moiré Pattern and are common when photographing things with lines when using a digital camera, particularly when the photo gets reduced as it does when uploaded.

Maybe he's in Moscow, Idaho as his profile says Pacific Time.

As Wat said, use a battery, not a charger as chargers whether old style or more recent typically put out pulsating DC rather than pure DC.

It's a pelican or cormorant, NOT a swan! Never was called a swan.