Maybe Kev, the one I saw that made me turn and laugh was about a dozen wooden clothes pins on the line between the mechanical pump and the carburetor. Should have taken a picture!

I think the clothes pins on the fuel line simply act as an insulator between the fuel line and the frame. On a hot day I can see where the frame may be as hot as the ambient temp, and as such that large metal mass is transferring heat to the fuel line.

Guys,

Reading with interest comments here re Flamingo colour being available in 1956. Have attempted to attach a couple of photo's of a car I looked at here in Australia last year. This is possibly what you are looking for?

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1953 Parts and Accessories Bulletins/Letters (Partial Set)
1954 Parts and Accessories Bulletins/Letters (Partial Set)
1956 Parts and Accessories Bulletins/Letters (Partial Set)
1954 Sales Spotlight Bulletins (Partial Set)
1955 Sales Spotlight Bulletins (Partial Set)
1956 Trade Letters (Partial Set)
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55PackardGuy wrote Quote:

What you don't understand about Keith's sarcastic questions is that KevinAZ IS A COP and Keith knows this.

ROTFLMAO!

Craig

I have a production by models sheet dated 5-10-57 from N. E. Haber showing 1955 Deluxe 4 Door produced 8039 cars all other counts agree for a total of all production of 55247 another sheet same date covering 1956 production shows 5672A 1784 5677A 1031 for total of all production of 28835

Hi Rusty

"One thing I am not clear on. When I read a discussion of this kind, it appears that Cadillac beat Packard by cleverly offering cheaper mass produced cars and easy financing to outsell Packard. While Packard foolishly offered cheaper mass produced cars which only cheapened their name and drove away customers.

I don't quite see why using the exact same strategy was brilliant and successful for Cadillac and foolish and destructive for Packard."

On the surface, it looks like the same approach, and while it is similar in many ways, the degree to which each went downmarket differs. Check my posting above to see which market Cadillac exploited and Packard ignored until it was too late.

Steve

thanks guys, i have downloaded the manual and will start disassembly tuesday or wed. even though i am ASE certified a vehicle this old is a far cry from a modern Chevy.

Dave

I don't know when they folded either, but guess that first the advent of pre-focused headlamp bulbs, and then sealed beams pretty much took their market. The cheaper brands like Unity and GM-Guide hung on with their fogs and spotlgiht/mirror jobs into the 50s, but they were never the quality of Trippe or Pilot Ray lamps.

I don't know the originating source of these figures but they have been used for years without much question as far as I know. Perhaps they were verified from factory records, or from the build slips. They agree with figures in other sources, though of course they might all have the same origin. There are similar charts for most postwar cars in the appendeces in Nat Dawes book. This particular page comes from the 55/56 Service Counselor reprint. Hope this helps.

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