Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by HH56 On 2014/2/23 20:40:02

The dash comes out in one piece. Not much of the dash proper will disassemble with it in the car.

If you take the decorative rubber piece covering the steering column at dash bottom loose and look up there are two bolts thru the dash holding the steering column to the support brace. Those have to come out, the clamp bolt around the column piece needs to loosen so the clamp can slide down on the column a bit to clear the dash. You may also have to loosen the bolts and remove one at the steering box so the entire column can drop down a tiny bit for clearance. Possibly the gear shift indicator needle also is catching so make sure that is free or even removed so it is not damaged.

If you want to browse this AC install manualhttps://www.packardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/55-56ACInstall.pdf there is a detailed procedure on removing the dash.