Re: No One-Sixty Was Harmed - Streetrod
Posted by RogerDetroit On 2015/5/21 21:06:04
Hello West:
Somehow I think that your earlier post in this thread (#10) got past him.
So just to make things clear for everyone, Jim Hollingsworth's book is correct, i.e. that push out (friction) vent windows were correct for early 1940, model 160, convertible sedans and convertible coupes.
And for those needing confirmation I have attached a scan of the 1935-1941 Parts List book. Outlined in orange where it clearly shows that both the 160 convertible sedan (#1377) and the 160 convertible coupe (#1379) could have either friction or crank out window vents.
I think this is proof enough for all fair-minded people that early 1940 models of the senior convertibles could have friction/pushout vent windows. The only question now is when did Packard switch over from friction to crank out vents.
Joe Santana had friction vents in his car (1377-2011) and Stevep516 was looking at another 1940 160 (1377-2062) with an early engine build date of August 1939 and that car had friction vent windows too. It would be neat to contact the owners of the thirteen 1377s and sixteen 1379s and ask if they have friction or crank windows to determine the conversion point.
Meanwhile, the parts book only shows crank out windows in the senior cars for 1941 - so the "rule" still holds for them.
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Somehow I think that your earlier post in this thread (#10) got past him.
So just to make things clear for everyone, Jim Hollingsworth's book is correct, i.e. that push out (friction) vent windows were correct for early 1940, model 160, convertible sedans and convertible coupes.
And for those needing confirmation I have attached a scan of the 1935-1941 Parts List book. Outlined in orange where it clearly shows that both the 160 convertible sedan (#1377) and the 160 convertible coupe (#1379) could have either friction or crank out window vents.
I think this is proof enough for all fair-minded people that early 1940 models of the senior convertibles could have friction/pushout vent windows. The only question now is when did Packard switch over from friction to crank out vents.
Joe Santana had friction vents in his car (1377-2011) and Stevep516 was looking at another 1940 160 (1377-2062) with an early engine build date of August 1939 and that car had friction vent windows too. It would be neat to contact the owners of the thirteen 1377s and sixteen 1379s and ask if they have friction or crank windows to determine the conversion point.
Meanwhile, the parts book only shows crank out windows in the senior cars for 1941 - so the "rule" still holds for them.
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