Anyone know a source for the chintzy original duct hose 1941-47 Clippers?

Posted by su8overdrive On 2023/6/7 16:26:06

Originally used a cheap papery/thin black fabric over thin wire, think "Slinky." This ducting used in all manner of cars of the '40s, '50s, into the '60s, probably sold for 15 cents a foot at any car parts store.

This description from Howard HH56, whose '47 Custom doesn't have this:

"The 41-7 Clipper heater air supply duct setup was an option PA-377704 with a '47 list price of $6.10. A punchout in the firewall directly behind the defroster unit or deluxe heater and in the radiator shroud was removed and the two duct adapters added. A knob was then installed in the dash panel to operate a flapper valve in the dash side adapter. Since Packard didn’t usually cover accessories and options in the regular parts and service books until later models I think the only place you will find details and a parts breakdown on that particular item will be if you can find someone that has some of the old accessory install sheets that was shipped with the options."

Anyone have or know where i can get the crappy "right stuff," or something similarly flimsy and cheap?

All it does is conduct air. Don't want some shiny rubbery/vinyl ducting.
Also, if your car has this, please measure those two protruding duct adapters' diameter, and, if you have a '41 or 1942-47 senior Clipper, the exact length i need. Please let me know both scores, because it's hard to believe this material sold in 1/16th of an inch gradients of diameter.

It has to curve a little to clear the carburetor linkage and the duct adapter to the right of the radiator is at an angle.

Many thanks. Please keep it simple, cheap, and don't tell me about Kanter/Merritt and the others. No one has this. My ducting's been missing for years, but the flapper valve is hardly a hermetic seal so it'd be nice to get fresh not engine bay air.