Re: Carl's 1952 Packard 300

Posted by Carl Madsen On 2009/1/17 15:01:50

Thanks; all was well after I got home. I had the gas tank cleaned, replaced the fuel line, bought new tires and took it to the car show a month after this email was written. I think it vapor locked on the way home from that car show, and that's when I learned about keeping the fuel line cool and added an additional electric fuel pump to try and help.

A mechanic told me that he puts a return fuel line in older packards as a way to circulate fuel and keep it cool. He is the head mechanic for a local packard limousine company. I'll try that this summer.