Re: 1941 Convertible

Posted by Joe Santana On 2010/10/31 0:04:20

Gary-
Boy is that an open ended question!
Everything is available. It's only a matter of money...and shipping costs. I would bet that if you made a list of what you need specifically, along with model and series, go to the Packard Forums of this website, the For Sale, WANTED, etc section at the bottom and put your list there, you would have plenty of responses and sources. Plus there are Packard people in the UK and perhaps they have suppliers there as well.
Yesterday's Radio has all or most of the plastic for the dash. Download their catalog.
Kanter Auto Parts has tons of stuff online.
Max Merriitt as well.
Steele Rubber Parts has all the rubber parts for your car.
Egge Machine has engine parts, like that.
No one has commented on the spread sheet I attached to the Project Blog I just started on this site, but you can see what I paid for many items. I'm sure others could get much of this stuff for less, but at least you'd what parts and services I paid for on a similar car (1940 Super8 conv sedan).
In the Project Blogs, it's The Duchess Project.
There are numerous people on this site who are much more knowledgeable than I about this. Invaluable help. So I encourage you. I have lots of English relatives through marriage, so perhaps on a trip over you can take me for a ride when you're done.
Joe