I found the YouTube videos I couldn't find. They are working on a '38 Super 8.

youtube.com/watch?v=CTG829Ac0-0&t=16s

youtube.com/watch?v=kc72Ll3g8Mw&t=488s

BigKev, I also found the video you referenced. Looks like it is on the MAX app. I don't have that.

youtube.com/watch?v=GZQa_6nkLGY

I had been able to show him the picture from the parts book that I pulled up on my phone and he had indicated that it was the bushing that HH56 has circled. My guy did indicate it moved up and down causing the clunk because of the shot bearing. I had seen a YouTube video a couple of years back where a shop was replacing some bushing in the steering of a '36 or '37 and it required a spring coming out that I'm pretty sure was on the passenger side. They also had indicated that they had had to have the bushing they were replacing machined for whatever reason. The repair seemed to have been a first time job for them. I do not think they were a Packard or even antique auto shop so they may have had to go the machining route because they didn't know where to source their bearing. The mechanic in the video was very cautious and dropped multiple warnings about that spring. Plus he had a heck of a hard time getting it back in place. He had it on a rack and was using spring compressors and a big pry bar. Of course, I can't find that video again. I was hoping it wouldn't be the same repair but I'm thinking it was. I will definitely look into Ken_P's blog of the repair and get all this info to my buddy. Assuming the repair on my car is the same as I had seen in the video, it is encouraging to know that it may not be as grim of a production as the shop had gone through as they appeared to have been reinventing the wheel. At this point, my biggest worry will be messing with the spring and getting it reinstalled.

I have a clunking in the front of my '37 115C. My mechanic buddy got underneath and had a look and diagnosed it as being the steering arm or the pitman arm bushing. I didn't have a shop manual with me at the car and I put it on the to do list. Can anyone tell me if this will be a big production or a fairly straight forward replacement? He is willing to help me but I am not set up with a lift or other more specialized equipment.

Is anyone rebuilding or reproducing power window switches for 1941 Seniors? One of mine is very selective on when it wants to work.

I picked this up from Big Kev (Packards Of Chicagoland).

Thanks for the help. It is much appreciated.

Thanks all. I had looked through my copy of the parts manual and couldn't really determine out of that line up of sizes and lengths what applies to what. I had also looked at the Restoration Supplies catalog and found it to be pretty overwhelming when I didn't know what I was looking for. I am now pointed in the right direction and may just get a few of different lengths rather than ordering a whole $45 kit from Max Merrit. Does the cup shaped washer that sits behind the head have a specific name other than "washer"? To me that would mean a flat washer not a cupped washer when I need the cupped type.

Since my car is across town and I'd rather not make several trips or reinvent the wheel (I'm being lazy) can someone tell me what size screws and washer I need to get for the interior window trim on my 1941 180? I have a couple of missing ones. I would like to get some before I go to the car again but I don't want to order a full set.

Free and open to the public.

Photos from the event have been posted in the PHOTOS section of our website:

flpackardclub.org

There is also a video of the event on YouTube taken by a spectator:

youtu.be/DgVMSDR0IfQ?si=6MBb-4iUKD1xtpQo