Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by HH56 On 2020/12/27 15:02:05

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Yes but there is an issue with that photo which may be someone's interpretation or just parts of the photo not showing well. The two large openings on the left are for AC. Square hole is the blower and rectangle is for the evaporator tubes. There may be other things that just did not show well but the most visible in the photo is the slots for the brake pedal brackets are shown incorrectly for a 56 which may mean it is really a 55 pad as originally posted but for an AC car. The slots are about in the right spot for a 55 bracket but I don't remember seeing slots on pads I looked at but rather a larger opening that the entire bracket fit into.

The 56 non AC locations are all shown correctly in the illustration and the same large AC openings would need to be cut into that pad along with some holes for the evaporator box mounting. The heater valve is also different on AC cars with the body at an angle rather than straight so a mounting hole for that change is also different.