my 55s have this hole, and i believe my 56 has it as well. i to would say that it for the non power master cylnder fill, but i cant be shure.

And that topic, Eric, has been debated before, more than once over the hood of my car at a show. The person arguing the studebaker bought Packard idea is invariably not a classic car owner at all. Most frequently, a father or uncle had a Packard back in the day, and that leaves them far more qualified than me.

if memory serves, Packard purchased Studebaker in exchange for stock.

to put it very simply.

I am so glad ive never gone back to my car and found someone IN it. that would be the end. i swear there would be alot more than words exchanged there.

I Printed up and laminated a pair of spec sheets to put in the wiindows that list all of the cars specs including approximate weight, price, options ect. and i find that it help minimize the stupid questions. I must admit that i never stray out of visual distance of the car, unless i have a friend or someone there to watch it. Call me paranoid, but ive stopped some very stupid people from doing some dumb things in the past.

All in all though, i still hate being treated as a dumb kid who couldnt possibly own that car. Some people just cant wrap their minds around the fact that a young man could own a non souped up classic car, know its mechanics, drive it, maintain it, ect ect.

somehow i think a cat system would be a bit restrictive. i cant speak from experience on putting them on Packards, but they seem to be an excsessively restrictive on cars that were deigned for them.

if time ever permits me to get my flowmasters on, ill voice my opinions.

and they are being hauled by a Mack almost s new as the cars

when did a catalytic come into play? did i miss something?

my bad. i forgot the location was different.

I agree. just putting out another suggestion. I still want to find out whats wrong with the t/v tho.

Now im just thinking here, what about a older style Packard manual brake setup and a remote boster? Obviously this system is not something i can do right now, due to a lack os space, time and money, but it would be very Un visible and the remote booster could be mounted somewhere with less spac limitations? I know there are remote boosters availible. I actually saw a setup like this at a car show on an old T-Bird. I believe the elderly gentelman driver said the booster was off a VW van.