Re: Hard starting when Hot

Posted by Ernie Vitucci On 2017/4/11 9:30:05

Good Morning...I have a question for Owen and Fred.

Somewhere along the line, a prior owner added a push button start like a 49 Ford, right next to the key switch on our 1949 288 Deluxe. there is no evidence of the original starter switch on the carburetor or in the wiring that I can find.

I have noticed such buttons on a number of photographs of 22nd/23rd series Packards. Was a button like this a dealer option or did this sort of thing happen at an after market garage someplace?

When Miss Prudence is warm/hot out here in the desert, I use the starter button without touching the throttle and she usually starts right up. Do you guys know if the hot starting problem was the occasional reason for the addition of the starter button, or was it just some owners personal preference?

Thanks, Ernie