Re: The front seat 1948 Packard 22nd Series Touring Sedan

Posted by Michael Evans On 2011/3/23 5:12:09

Thanks JD in KC

I'm up and running over here in the UK - thanks too to jrbuzz,BigKev & HH56 for you inputs.

More questions today - but first a little info. The seat was removed by my restorer and brought to me here at home to clean ready to refit when the new carpets are in. So he removed the seat complete with all the underframe and runners etc.that explains to you why it is all in one piece on my garage floor.

I now have a much better understanding of how the whole thing works and it seems to me that the mechanism is correct but possibly jammed up because of long standing so the first thing is to get the frame off the seat and check it out.

I take it that the correct sequence of reinstalling is to fix the lower two pieces to the floor and then fit the seat to these tracks ?

One worry is that during my two years of ownership there does not seem to have ever been the BIG central foreward/backward assist spring. Nor is there anywhere on my photos anything that resembles a fixing for the same to the floor.

Is the BIG spring essential ?

A photo of that BIG spring in close up showing the fixing to the floor would be a great help.

Best regards to all who have helped Michael