Re: Rear stabilizer arm loose???

Posted by HH56 On 2023/9/18 9:57:12

I don't believe that rear bar is Packard original unless it might have been something that was available on a commercial chassis and someone then added it to their passenger car. At any rate it should not be loose and clunking so that is probably the noise.

I suspect the stabilizer bar was more likely an aftermarket item. After the war thru the 50s into the early 60s there were a multitude of "make it better than from the factory" items and quite a few were even available for Packards.

Where and when I grew up having a copy of the latest JC Whitney catalog was almost as important as having gas money. No self respecting teenager could call himself a car guy unless he could talk his parents into adding at least one (usually worthless) JC Whitney item to the family car.