Try the flackmaster, flackmaster@sbcglobal.net, as he collects parts for '37 Packards.

Semi gloss for the frame. The timing cover is the same color as the engine, I think green for your year. Bill Hirsch has spray cans with OEM colored engine paint.

Ross, it is too bad you are a postwar guy, because I need at least one, but as JD points out, I have a '37 115c.

It is a '38, the first year for the split windshield.

I was going to send him an e-mail, but he's been banned from the forum already, so I suspect he's a bad egg. It's a pity, really, as I need two of the darn things.

I let mine sit under load for about two days, and then put a very small amount of heat on the hub. It did not get warm enough to change color, but hot enough that you would not want to touch the hub. (So, if it's cherry red, stop heating!)

Make sure that the retaining nut is on loosely- both of my rear drums popped off with a SERIOUS amount of force. Like, I think they would have flown through the garage wall if there was not something mechanical holding them in place.

Bottom line- I think heat is fine, but be careful.

That is a beautiful car! Is that color the original Packard Maroon for 1937? My take is that it is too light, but I've not seen the paint in person, only online, and that's never very accurate.

JW- I was interested in your paint scheme on the generator. Is the brush band supposed to be Packard green, or did you do that for a little more flair? If it is supposed to be green, is the band on the starter supposed to be green as well? Both on my car are black, and I had just assumed that was correct, because it was my understanding that the majority of the engine accessories are black. In fact, I think it was you that pointed out that I incorrectly painted my fan green (it's now black, thanks!)

Being a Packard collector from a younger generation, I'm hoping that through venues like this, I can purchase a few more as time goes on. Still researching to determine what I want my second Packard to be, but I do know I want there to be at least a second!

As such, I second Richards motion!

Never mind. He has been located, I think, and an e-mail sent.