Thanks guys for all of the good info. Wish I'd seen this before I bought a high priced cardboard box for my 39....Anyway, there were several problems with the 51. First was the dirt and crud on the slides, which was cured with the Lubriplate and some elbow grease. The real problem was the two large metal springs, one on the bottom of the drawer and the other on the frame of the dash. They meet as you close or open the drawer and create enough friction to prevent the glove box from opening accidently. One of my was bent. So a little work with a needle nose pliers and some more Lubriplate solved the problem. Thanks again. I also appreciated the photo of the glove box - I see I'm missing some rubber bumpers at the back of the box. I picked up a 6 pack bag of them at Napa yesterday for the 39 for a few bucks. Much cheaper than buying them one at a time! I'll put them on tonight.

I've been working on restoring the firewall heater on my 39 120. On top of the unit is a 1"x4" decal that says "Defroster and Foot Warmer - Packard Motor Car Co, Detroit Michigan". The old decal was in good enough shape to create a new decal. Anyone out there interested in purchasing one? A photo of it is attached. The resolution is pretty low, so the photo looks fuzzy. The image is really quite sharp. If there is some interest, I'll have multiple copies made. The price would be around $12. thanks

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thanks guys. I'll try plan B first, then go to A if that doesn't work.

The glove box in my 51 200 is very difficult to open. I suspect that some of the bearings are worn/jammed. Any hints as to how I can remove the glovebox and mechanism so that I can clean it up and adjust it?

thanks - I took the seat brackets apart, and took the two needle bearing rollers apart. After chasing all of the needles, got them back in with some bearing grease. The mechanism works well now. All I need now is the seat lever I bought on Ebay to show up.

thanks for the answers to my questions!

The original headlamps for the 39 120 were bulb and reflector. Sometime in the past they were replaced with sealed beams. The new wiring harness is setup for the old system, which had four positions on the headlight switch - 1. parking lights, 2. City driving 3. City high beams 4. County driving, with the left lamp being dimmed with the dimmer switch. Any suggestions on how I should wire the sealed beams in? thanks - that's all for tonight!

The previous owner routed the speedometer cable thru what appears to be the old location of the heater in the firewall. Should it go there, or thru the large rubber grommet at the top of the firewall, with the other wires?

Getting ready to reinstall the dash, I found this switch in my box. For some reason, this one didn't get labeled. It has the same attachment configuration as the starter switch, but the old one was replaced long ago by a generic starter button. Any ideas anyone?

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try any one of the Model A suppliers for 6 volt LED lights. Burts in Denver is a good one, also Mac's. They handle several versions.