That is truly impressive! What a lovely car. Please post more pictures. Also, please post a video of you driving it. I will never own as nice a Packard, but I would happily share a thrill watching the video and thinking I am in the back seat.
Phil

Nice work. Looks lovely. Thanks for sharing.

Rob,
“…one important need for the switch is to be able to cut off power immediately in case of a short or fire.”
“…avoid inexpensive switches. “

Both good points. I once bought one of the cheap switches with the green knobs. It failed.

Thanks for the input. It will be a while before I can work on the car again, but when I install a switch, I will post a picture of my chosen solution.

My thanks to each of you for your advice. I’m considering both approaches. I really like Howard’s approach and will see if I can design and fabricate something similar for my car. For my car, it would be less obvious to the casual observer than mounting a switch to the back of the battery box, as my car does not have a side mounted spare.

Mounting the switch to the back of the battery box is a far easier approach and won’t tax my engineering skills nearly as much. One possibility is to buy a switch similar to the one shown in the attachment and replace the nut with a knurled ring. If painted the same color as the battery box, it shouldn’t be too obvious.

I’ll have to give it some more thought , but one of these approaches should work nicely. Thanks very much for your help.

Phil

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1 have a 1928 Packard 526. It has the battery box on the right hand side, next to the front fender. I believe this was standard on Single Sixes and Eights during the ‘20s and 1930, except for those cars with sidemounts.

I would like to mount a battery cutout switch, but am undecided where best to put it. I would really appreciate it if those of you who have installed battery switches on these model cars would describe where you located yours and discuss your satisfaction with the result. If you can provide a picture, that would be even better.

Thanks for your help. It is much appreciated.

Phil

I am fairly sure that your rut sensitivity is caused by your tire tread. Tires whose tread has only (or mostly) circumferential grooves tend to track with grooves in the road. It can be quite disconcerting. Here is a copy of a post by 32Pontiac6 from the AACA forums:

"One thing about tires is to look at the tread pattern.  I have three cars with three different tread patterns.  One that has the tread that only has grooves parallel to the road can track badly on concrete roads with grooves cut in them.  I have that problem here in CA with the tires on my '32 Pontiac with a wide tread pattern in the direction of travel."

Hi Larry,

I have read all the posts on your thread and am thoroughly impressed with the job you and your friend did on your Packard. The interior of the car turned out absolutely stunning.

Please don’t throw them out. I don’t have a 1937 Packard and can’t use the patterns. Nor do I have a place to store them. However, I think that they would be a treasure to any individual wanting to redo his car, whether he does it himself or hires an expert. I wonder if the Packard Club has a way of helping to retain the patterns? Anyway, please hold onto them until you get a positive response from someone or get so fed up with having them stored that they just have to go.

By the way, I read (and downloaded for safe keeping) the slide show you produced. The insights I gained should help me greatly when I do the upholstery in my car. Thank you for posting it and thanks for your project blog.

Phil Howe

I would like to remove the horn button (and possibly the steering wheel) on my 1928 series 526, The shop manual and owner's manual are quite cryptic. Can someone provide me some guidance?
Thanks,
Phil

Jim,
I was working on my 526 model today, so I took some pictures. These may help.
Phil

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Steve,
I just recently repacked the water pump gland on my Series 526. i found the attached procedure (this one from Jasper Engineering, but lots of similar instructions on the web) very useful.
Phil

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