A bone of contention on color in 48 green vs gray. Particularly the senior 356. Believe most have settled on gray.

Kanter has the paint--use the link I gave you on the other thread. I think most use Bill Hirsch's paint.http://www.hirschauto.com/

General catalog. Browse the online catalog then do a search for upholstery. They are custom made with modern fabric.
http://www.kanter.com/


Packard specific parts pages
http://www.kanter.com/packard/

You would use the items listed for the 5588 / 5688. G440710 screw #14 x 5/8 tapping crosses to the one shown. Straight slot probably as that was common elsewhere but mine is philips so may have been changed. What I cannot help on is the insulating washer. Mine only has screws & regular washers so maybe O_D or Randy know what where or which side that goes.

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Depends on the solenoid. The smaller silver or black with 3 terminals usually are sealed & not serviceable. The larger 3 or 4 terminal with plunger sometimes have a contact kit available.

Not knowing how/where stripped any chance of tapping for a different thread or smaller size. If not, getting a different nut or adding a spacer to get the threads in a different spot.

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According to this sitehttp://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_7c5.html the 7C5 can be sub'd. No idea if that sub is still available though. Another site says a 7B5 will work as well. The rectifier or also the vibrator can be replaced with a modern solid state retrofit if that were needed.

As others have mentioned, valves are the least of the troubles when getting an old radio operational. The capacitors and anything with degraded insulation must be changed first. After that if a valve is needed, then if NOS & a sub is not available there is always used or possibly Russian.

One thing I have heard but not sure of is a slight difference in frequency standard between US and Europe. Someone with a direct American import can say if that is true and if something has to be adjusted.

I know it's farfetched but kind of wondered if somehow the choke or general airflow was getting sucked closed too abruptly after the drive and slowdown. Maybe the large sudden increase in vacuum was overpowering the thermal spring. Opening the throttle would also open the air flow or choke linkage. I know some earlier engines had throttle dashpots for a similar reason.

Other than the idle circuit don't see what is left and if idle circuit (or choke either for that matter) were bad, then why not happening all the time.

One of the less expensive early AMC factory units but basic hang ons are all about the same.

Differences usually is age and type of blower. Unless a single speed, the older motors with two wires use something with resistors like this or a simple rheostat. 53-4 Packards used the resistor block because of confined control box, 55-6 Packard used rheostat. Stude's with hang ons I have info for, rheostat. Cheap but effective -- downside is heat dissipation - fairly large & resistors have to be in the airflow or in the open.

Later aftermarket units with motors having 4 or 5 wires use same basic multiposition switch but no resistors and feed field coil differently. Less current & no hot resistor to worry about.

As PV8 says, it is a basic circuit but there are some variations. Unsure from your description if you have the blower switch with the resistors attached or if you have an on/off and separate resistor block. Here is a schematic showing separate resistor block. Pick your own colors and wire as shown. If you have the switch with resistors then the blower would connect to the H terminal on that switch instead of resistor block.

If you have a single on/off & speed switch, then one side the thermostat will attach to the C terminal on that switch instead of the separate switch the schematic shows, otherwise the same.

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Thanks for fixing. Works when you go directly to the vendor page instead of thru parts123 sort. A modern replacement in plastic worth looking at for the price difference..

Nice you could find the size so visible. Maybe that one rusted out the last time and was replaced. The paper restoration is interesting. Thankfully the ink wasn't water based. Now if we could just find a reference to that one unknown item.