This trailer was once a vital component of General Custer's wagon fort. Mal (Ozstatman) knew about it and that was the reason why he posted this thread in the General forum. The lights of the trailer were deliberately turned off; that was part of the plan. I believe that the tire burst is due to another cause. Have you ever checked them for traces of arrowheads?

Dave (flackmaster), I didn't find the reference to a prototype in the linked text until I read it a second time. Thanks, I learned something new.


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The article -> linked here about a well-equipped 1940 Packard 120 contains the following quotes:

"Rear-only turn signal lights were a unique option in 1940."
"Turn signals, in the rear only, were an extra cost option for the first time in 1940, but very few cars were so equipped."

The images below show so-called signacators, manufactured at K-D Lamps Co. in Cincinnati, later marketed as -> "sho-turn" lamps, -> once offered at ebay Canada.

Did Packard actually offer such equipment?


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Even three years after the start of the so-called Shanghai Campaign, which led to the communist takeover of the city in May 27, 1949, receipts with the name Mark Moody in the header still went over the counter in Red China.

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John (JWL) & Kevin (BigKev), I accidentally asked my question in the wrong forum section, thereby withholding an essential information before you could make your assumptions. Kev, could you please move the thread to the ZIS section?

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This statement shows a good and knowledgeable eye for detail. But the car in question does not meet Western or Packard standards. It is a Soviet car. I know from other sources that this vehicle was prepared at the factory for its specific location, although I don't know what specific changes were made. The professional mount leads me to believe that this was not retrofitted in the technologically backward country where the car was used.

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TxGoat, your advice literally electrifies me. Could you please elaborate a bit more? The car exists and sooner or later I'll get more images. The photos that I currently have do not provide any information about the existence of air conditioning.

First of all, thanks for every reply and reaction. I will process all answers chronologically.

Howard (HH56) & Ernie (Ernie Vitucci), yes, an overflow tank makes perfect sense. The water pipe directly at the thread seam apparently forms an overflow.
Ernie, to find several similar "Coolant Expansion Overflow Tanks" at Speedwaymotors.com was easy, due to the information about Miss Princess provided in your signature "1931 Model A Ford Tudor".

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I was guided by the inscription on the radiator cap, which btw is still sold today, 80 years later, with this warning. The existence of an overflow seems to prove the correctness of your advice.


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What you see below is installed next to the radiator in a car built in the mid-1940s. The cap appears to indicate a water-carrying part of the cooling or heating system. The warning on the lid is an indicator that the water container is under pressure (“remove slowly”). This is a factory installation, but it is not standard, but custom-made. What could its function be?

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... installed at the factory.


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