O.K.

bad choice of words. The mechanic poured white vineger down the spark plug hole in each cylinder and waited 24 hours. been running on the engine ever since.

On ebay right now:

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I bought one exactly like the red one pictured, and just used my original filter body. I basically bought it for the new element and gasket, and cleaner spring.

Try this url. I bought element with gasket and a new spring.
chrysler300club.com/rcmstuff/filter/filt2.html

27) Carter NOS ceramic fuel filter elements with gasket,
$16ea. Gasket only $3.ea. New zinc plated springs for
elements, $4 ea.

Thanks Owen,
It looks like it was stapled at the lower edge and maybe riveted or bolted around the notch for the shock.

There is normally a ceramic type element about 3/4 ht of bowl and slightly less in diameter held in position by a spring at bottom. I have not been able to find the correct size replacement aftermarket. At one time I checked with a Packard vendor with no luck but that may have changed. The one I did find was for another make & was too large diameter and expensive, hence the effort to replace with modern paper which is detailed on the site. Another poster improved on my effort if you do a search. Recently I saw that restoration supply company has same type setup but with replaceable paper element. It's on page 11 of their catalog but unknown if it would fit either.

Edit: just saw Kevs post and 10 bucks is the way to go. If I remember, the price for the wrong one was close to 20 and the paper one on rest supply is 12. My paper retrofit was also about 10 plus stuff I had around.

There should be a white ceramic element in there. But the original one in mine was disolved to nothing also. I ended up buying a complete new filter and element off of ebay for about $10.

They make two different sizes of elements. One taller than the other one. You need the smaller of the two.

Also there should have been a little spring in the bottom of the bowl that hold the element in place. If you are missing both the element and the spring, then just try to buy a NOS assembly, or do Howard's conversion.

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BigKev's got it right, clearly from the last picture it's a 180 Formal Sedan, chassis 1807 - 138 inch wheelbase, and the 106th of that body style built. Not a Rollson or Derham but a factory body built by Packard (for 1941 they outsourced Packard body production to Briggs). Not a body style for everyone, but a very classy full bona-fide Classic Packard, and a lovely road car with the new-for-1940 356 engine. Engine# should be between CC500001 and CC507697

A 1332 would make it a "One-Eighty Super Eight Custom Formal Sedan"

Just a note to again thank everyone for the suggestions. I put the entire assembly in carb cleaner and took it out this weekend. It had separated on it's own after soaking. I washed and dried everything and it almost looks like new. There was nothing that even resembled a filter element inside the bowl, so am I missing something or is it just supposed to be an empty bowl?
I know that HH56 shows a paper filter element and cork gaskets, but this one had a one piece rubber gasket and nothing else.
Thanks,
John

I'm going to try to attach some pics of the 1940 180 I talked about.
One image is of the number plate, original on right, possibele replacement on left.
The other two images include a front shot and a shot of the roof-line.
I suspect the car is a 1332 formal sedan. It had a roll up divider window and jump seats as well.

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