Re: Proud New Owner of a 49 Packard Club Sedan

Posted by PackardusOctavus On 2018/12/14 21:32:33

While the carb is being rebuilt, it's time to deal with some minor issues.

1. My car has a beautiful set of modern stainless steel hose clamps on every hose. Unfortunately they did not have them in 49. In researching this, I learned way too much about hose clamps, but also not enough. First, let's get the terminology straight. The shiny stainless ones from the auto parts store are aircraft clamps. The ones with towers used by Ford are called towers. The wire ones are called wires. The springy large ones that you attempt to get off with pliers are Corbin. The smaller flat ones with tabs for the pliers are spring clamps. There is one more, which are sort of like aircraft but the screw goes into a nut (like wires). So- what hose clamps were on a 23rd 2&&?

2. How on earth does the rear reading lamp lens and bezel go in? Also, is that light activated by the door switches like the under dash lights are? It's not clear in the wiring diagram, which is for a 4 door. Mine is a club sedan.