Hello, I would be interested in seeing photos of the 35. TIA

Hello, is this vehicle still available and have you got a price on it? TIA

Thanks. Any tips to share when you went through the process? The heater looks to be the major challenge and not sure how to address.

Ben,

I purchased my firewall insulator from here. Quite Ride

Thank you! I am a new Packard owner. Learning the simple things!!

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Not quite true as the points in a clock have been known to fuse together and I know because I’ve had it happen. I’ve also had the BAT relay points burn together in the voltage regulator which causes a draw.

For old cars usually the only thing that can even draw power when the car is off is the cig liter, and the clock. Of course some cars there are a couple other things, like torsion level. That being said, all of these except the clock should not draw any power because they switch themselves off automatically, and most people's clocks don't even work. A nonfunctional clock should not draw power since a clock only draws power when it winds itself.

If you suspect phantom drain on the battery the best thing to do is hook up a milliammeter with everything in the car off. Depending on various factors, the natural rate of self-discharge from the battery could have a fast enough effect that it seems like there is phantom drain.

Ernie, that would help to keep the car from being started and driven away but will do nothing to eliminate battery drain that sometimes happens when our old cars sit for a while. A battery disconnect or removing the cable is the only way to stop that!

The '37 120 literature (Service letters(?) mentions foam door weather strip as an addition in cases of air leaks. It was sold by the foot and cemented in place. Apparently, some '37 120s came with it, in addition to the regular windlace. Some service material mentions a metal channelon the door to hold the rubber. My '37 120 convertible has no such metal channels, and no evidence of ever having had any rubber gaskets on the doors. The doors still wear original paint. My experience with windlace is that it usually leaks.
My car does have a rubber strip across the bottom of the doors that meets the aluminum trim piece when the door is shut. Adding rubber gaskets to cars not originally equipped with them required modifying the rubber door bumpers slightly. The procedure is given in one of the Service Letters available on this site. (1936, 1937 or maybe 1938)

Here is the situation: not including my 400, I have a 55 Twin Ultramatic, a second one for parts, and a 56 Hudson-style Ultramatic. I suspect the 56 will be in the best shape to rebuild and I would prefer the aluminum body.

Question is, could I replace the propeller shaft + details on a 56 Hudson Ultramatic with 55 parts, and use it in a 55 Clipper Deluxe?

Pictures of the 56 trans below.

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