Re: TURN SIGNALS AND SIDE VIEW MIRRORS???

Posted by HH56 On 2015/3/16 13:28:53

Congratulations on acquiring a fine car and welcome.

Both items were options since neither was required when the car was new. The deluxe was the economy model and came with very few accessories and options. Side mirrors could be installed by the factory or more commonly by the dealer and are available in repro from several of our Packard vendors.

Turn signals were a factory only installed option. I believe you will also find the tail light housing has space for only one bulb on your car and nothing for the separate turn signal bulb the factory option used until they went "modern" with the 23rd series and shared the brake light. Not sure about the wiring loom to the rear. Packard may have used a single overhead loom for all cars which would have had all the wires but I doubt it. Turnsignal equipped or ready cars will have 5 wires in the loom which comes down the left side of trunk opening and ends near the left tail light. In your case, two would be unused and either taped up or maybe just end in a plastic connector.

The brake lights share a single wire so adding turn signals without having the wiring or a separate bulb will get a bit involved.