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G'day tjohanns,
to Packardinfo. Don't forget to please include your '39 Henney in the Owner Registry together with a pic, any known history and how you acquired it.

James,

A couple of pic's re my '41 gauge and sending unit. First is the removal of the sending unit fitting at the rear of the head, was "welded" in with corrosion but finally undid it! Broke the sending unit bulb off the capillary tube later - clumsy me!

Second is Ron of Mobile Instrument Service holding the unit he repaired, gauge, sending unit and cable.
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Dave,

In James' Owner Registry listing it shows:
YEAR: 1948
SERIES: 22nd
MODEL NAME: Custom 8
MODEL NUMBER: 2255
Does this help?

EDIT Pic's now added

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G'day Greg,

I know it's but it's now the New Year here in Oz so you can be the first one I'll "harass" in 2009. Could you please enter your Black '41 120 Convertible in the Owner Registry, together with a pic (Tessa included would be great), any known history and how you acquired it?

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Gerd,

You embarrass me.

A "silver-haired hotel manager" asking "Are you being served"? I'd think it's more like Fawlty Towers,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty_Towers
I have the silver hair, well the little that's left is silver, but not the answers to the questions being put. The enthusiasm and enjoyment I have for Packards and Packardinfo deserves some payback so I try, putting aside my Owner Registry fetish, to give mine by being welcoming to new members on the Site.

New Years eve here in Sydney with less than three and a half hours to go till midnight.

Just wanted to wish all on Packardinfo all the best for the New Year.

The pic's below are from last years fireworks and this year they going to be even bigger and better with over 1.5 million revellers welcoming in 2009.

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Cedar,

Looked at your recent pic's of the '36 in Packard Pictures and see one where you've made a particular request: "LOOKING FOR PICTURES OF THIS AREA, OR INFORMATION, ON WHAT GOES IN THIS AREA, WOOD, OR METAL BRACE.....THANKS CEDAR". Just a suggestion, but it may be give wider exposure to make your request here or in the Pre-War Forum.

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Tom,

Always interested and it's good to catch up with your project. And I like your innovative solutions to the problems you encounter.

All the best for the New Year.

G'day Cedar,

Saw your '36 pic's, it sure looks like a good basis for your restoration.

But one thing to keep things tied together, as you've already got a thread going on the '36 in the Project Blogs Forum, could you continue to post in the original thread titled "Restoring 1936 Super Eight Convertable"?
See link -https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1957&forum=10

If you're agreeable, maybe Kev can merge or move this thread to the other one?

Jeff,

A couple of pic's, hood closed and open and the hinge and spring mechanism may assist.

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James,
for the pic and including it in the Owner Registry. By the looks of it a good job as it wouldn't have been easy to do.

But back to the temp gauge. My '38 has an aftermarket gauge because the hi-comp head on it didn't have the temp sender fitting so the previous owner had the sending unit mounted in the upper radiator hose. I had to replace the gauge because it gave up the ghost but I found an instrument guy who supplied a new gauge complete with sending unit and new fittings to suit the collar in the radiator hose all for AU$75, about US$50. Done over 1,500 miles, although it runs hot like all 120's, the gauge works well.

My '41 has the original gauge, and sending unit at the rear of the head. But, I broke off the sending unit removing it from the car. The same instrument guy was able to supply and install a new sending unit on the capillary tube, lost about 6" of tube but still plenty left. He also re-filled the unit with ether, checked and callibrated it and supplied new fittings to mount in the head all for AU$140, about US$95. Only done about 10 miles so far but all appears to be working well.

Note: both gauges and sending units are purely "mechanical" and are NOT electric.

And with Kev, those suggestions are well worth following.