Working on my front seat "frame". Couple of little repairs, cleaning & dying. Not sure if I'm done yet or not, but pretty happy so far.

The ashtray is off because I'm going to refurbish it. Not that anyone is going to be smoking in the car, but you know that anyone sitting in the back is going to have to play with that little roll top cover! LOL

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Probably the best place to look for an answer would be the 1935-41 Parts List, available here on PackarInfo in the Literature Archive for free download, see the Body II Section under Group 31. I think, and somebody more knowlegeable(wouldn't be hard) than me wil correct me if I'm wrong, by that time both lines Junior & Senior "shared" bodies, but what fits what I have no precise info on.

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Thanks. I know (now) the trim doesn't need to come off, but I got this one from a parts car, already broken, pretty much for free a while back, so I figured I'd take a look at it. Actually, the other visor was already missing from the car 😂

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Correct, but you need not have removed the trim to do that.

Then, I would recommend a thin coat of a thick lubricant of Lubriplate or equivalent white grease on the rod.

will the doors from a 1941 120 126 chassis work for a 1940 180 126 chassis
I need 4 doors as all of mine are rotten beyond the cost worth it to repair

I was curious how the visors go together and if they can be lubed without staining the vinyl so I decided to disassemble a random extra junky one I had lying around.

The construction is folded-over cardboard, to which the upholstery is glued and sewn to. Inside this cardboard sandwich is thin particle board to which is stapled a metal tubelike piece which houses the arm. As far as I can tell, there is no retainer for the arm so swinging it back and forth while pulling it out should remove it. Then the sandwich is sewn together with the piping.

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No unfortunately they're too far from me. But if I was buying I'd get both and drop the rebuilt engine and trans in the one with the nice interior.

I have manual windows and I have all the holes except this one. Also note the hole hiding behind the tape.

I think the regulator needs to be mounted a lot lower than you are holding it, right?

56 Patrician – probably a nice ride for anyone who enjoys Mexican blankets. A real attention getter and it's nice to buy something with major mechanical refreshments already done.

55 Patrician – I agree, the interior does not look original, but is very close. Could be SMS fabrics for all I know. Pretty ballsy to say it's stellar when so many random trim pieces are missing... rear ashtray, driver window switch bezel, rear door handle, Packard script on the dash, etc. Wonder why. Paint I think will look fine with a but of polish and clear coat.

55 Clipper – $600 tops as a parts car. You can clearly see the engine still there, but the interior is trashed and there's random stuff already missing.

55 Patinarician – looks decent but you can get much better for the price. e.g. the $4900 and $6000 cars above.

Thank you, those pictures do provide a little more knowledge than I had before.

What I need now is a photo similar to the first image below. I need to see which holes are used to bolt the 3 parts into place.

I am holding the regulator, in image 3, as it is shown in the drawing in image 2. None of the holes match up with the mounting locations on the regulator.

The long straight bar that goes across the bottom is the only piece I can match up to the holes.

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