1956 Clipper Power Seats

Posted by Packard Don On 2016/5/23 15:43:56

I have a pair of the power seat actuators for my 1956 Clipper Custom sedan along with the switch and the plastic bolsters but they were packed so poorly with the plastic pieces just dumped into the same box that they arrived in pieces. However, they were for Packard rather than Clipper (different emblems) so can my non-power seat bolster be converted and/or is there a knockout for the switch? Otherwise what would be the chance if finding a black one? Is the switch the same between Packard and Clipper?

Also, I imagine to be able to install these I'll need a seat frame for it. Is this the case or was the seat frame the same between power and non-power? Was the wiring part of the main harness or did the seats use their own?

As for the seat actuators, they are simply ball-screws and as I went through my apprenticeship at Ball-Screws & Actuators here is San Jose, rebuilding them should be a piece of cake!