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This statement shows a good and knowledgeable eye for detail. But the car in question does not meet Western or Packard standards. It is a Soviet car. I know from other sources that this vehicle was prepared at the factory for its specific location, although I don't know what specific changes were made. The professional mount leads me to believe that this was not retrofitted in the technologically backward country where the car was used.

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TxGoat, your advice literally electrifies me. Could you please elaborate a bit more? The car exists and sooner or later I'll get more images. The photos that I currently have do not provide any information about the existence of air conditioning.

First of all, thanks for every reply and reaction. I will process all answers chronologically.

Howard (HH56) & Ernie (Ernie Vitucci), yes, an overflow tank makes perfect sense. The water pipe directly at the thread seam apparently forms an overflow.
Ernie, to find several similar "Coolant Expansion Overflow Tanks" at Speedwaymotors.com was easy, due to the information about Miss Princess provided in your signature "1931 Model A Ford Tudor".

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I was guided by the inscription on the radiator cap, which btw is still sold today, 80 years later, with this warning. The existence of an overflow seems to prove the correctness of your advice.


image source: autozone.com

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What you see below is installed next to the radiator in a car built in the mid-1940s. The cap appears to indicate a water-carrying part of the cooling or heating system. The warning on the lid is an indicator that the water container is under pressure (“remove slowly”). This is a factory installation, but it is not standard, but custom-made. What could its function be?

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... installed at the factory.


source: markloveshistory.com
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Small series production, the aircrafts already have the camouflage color.


source: U.S. National Archives; -> Public Domain Archive
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-> The Packard motor cars and their potentially vital importance to the dissemination of ULTRA in the event of the threatened German invasion.

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source: -> 1956 Accessories Booklet. Thanks to Randy Berger in heaven for the contribution of this material.
I changed the image slightly to have all the information in one place.
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source: -> 1955-1956 Packard Part List (also called the Parts Manual). Thanks to Brian (BH) for donating this content and his hard work in scanning in all of these pages!
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