I also have never seen a pre-war set up in person, I know someone who has a very nice 41 120 coupe with AC but of course the return situation is completely different. I have seen pictures of a 41 limo and pictures of a 41 LeBaron limo, in both of those cars there were grills on both sides of the seatback on the "columns", I assume (which is always dangerous) that those are intakes, the rear floor may be raised but I really couldn't tell from the pictures. We are trying to approach the installation from the idea that a 12 buyer in June of 39 might have
been able to have AC installed since across the street the planning and engineering was certainly going on for the 40 models.I know there
had been other cars equipped for some years on a custom basis, but of course Packard was first to offer it on regular production. I have written Joe and he sent me some pictures of his unit and it looks like it would serve very well.among the problems we are looking at is our car is a Club Sedan, there isn't a lot of room, to start with, between the rear and front seats and there is really no package shelf at all .I had toyed with the idea of the vents in the "columns" being the supplys and the returns in the rear seat fronts.

I wondered if you had decided how to return air to your
trunk unit? My son and I are contemplating putting a
similar setup in a 39 1707.Not a lot of room in some places.
J.S.

Looks like a 1707 Formal Sedan.

Look like that line is actually set up as a constant circulation line as was put on some cars in the 70's
and early 80's, it might allow for cooler fuel temps
in the feed line, but I think you would be better off
removing it and shielding the line from excess heat as much as you can, especially near the exhaust manifold.

Also, since the wear is only on one end of the shoe, a
"major adjustment" involving the center pivot might do
more good than anything.

A good brake shop, if such a thing can be found in your
locale would be able to match the radius of your shoes to the
drum. It should help.

We've most of us been there more than once!

The later dist probably advance "faster"and "further", probably not a
bad thing, today's fuels are a little higher octane than average regular
then. Is it giving any problems? Like firing back against the starter or
pinging under load?

The later dist probably advance "faster"and "further", probably not a
bad thing, today's fuels are a little higher octane than average regular
then. Is it giving any problems? Like firing back against the starter or
pinging under load?

No, hooking the coil up "backwards" shouldn't cause damage
although it won't work as efficiently that way.Oh by the way,
do you have an inline fuel filter?