Excellent work man! Ahhhh youth..3 12 hour days. I ache just thinking about it... Now I'm Jonesin' to get wrenching on my Clipper!

There were also frost plug heaters available for these old cars. I have one somewhere in my parts bin. I also have a electric heater with a magnetic base that can be attached to the block or oil pan. I regularly started the Bombardier snowmobile which used a Chrysler flathead inline six with 6 volt electrics at temperatures as low as -40. The trick was to drain the oil and warm it on a stove and bring the battery inside and warm it also. With a block heater and an electric battery blanket there would be no problem starting a Packard on 6 volts either if the car is well maintained.

well after putting everything back together again one side of the torsion limit switch does not work and testing the system through the control box only yields solenoid clicking and no motor moving. i determined this was related to one side of the limit switch being dead, but i have not tested this theory yet as i have not remounted it.

attached pictures show the limit switch's guts. basically a rocking toggle switch, when the bar is pushed one way the contact on that side is lifted and the connection is lost and the motor stops and vice versa. the problem was that, and i don't know how, one side was bent way out and was not making contact when the switch was in the neutral position., which probably has a lot to do with why the motor was not turning, it thought it was at it's limit the whole time. so i bent the prong back so that it made contact and since the gasket busted on one side when i pulled the casing apart i used RTV to seal it back up and then re-bent the tabs over to hold it on good like stock.

it should work now, i hope. now that all the paint is JACKED up, etc...etc... i am not really happy about that! i worked hard on this thing looking nice and now it is hard to reporduce that without stripping everything down again....no thanks...it is under the car...noone will notice....right?? LOL!

more to come this weekend.

later,

Hank

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I'll confirm. They are 3/8"-24. I went ahead and put the skirts on w/o the anti-squeak material just to get them on. Not a perfect fit, but good enough to a casual eye. I suspect prior body work around the fenders causing binding. They look good, though.

Me,my wife and daughter admiring my project(LOL),and pics of new engine and engine bay after painting,also one pic of Daddy's 1965 Mustang Fastback 2+2(we are starting on it next)!!!!!!...............More pics to come as project progresses!!!!!

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Bob, I really doubt there is anything in them that you don't already know, but you might want to review two older threads on this site, Monte Carlo and Postwar Coachbuilt Packards where there was some discussion of the topics you wanted for your book.

And again, if you want to review my database of 48-50 thief-proof numbers, vehicle numbers and Briggs numbers, just let me know.

Owen, just a short posting to make clear that Jerry Barnhart deals with originals, I don't know if he even bothers with reprints.

Picture of new motor in Ohio,Pac-Man-Don at his house and shop and his awesome Packards!!!(Hope you don't mind Don)LOL!!!

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That starter damage is not unexpected with prolonged use of 12 volts on a 6 volt starter, and related damage to the flywheel ring gear will also occur over time. Perhaps the carburetor is the problem, but these cars should start quite easily on 6 volts at below-freezing temperatures. At very low temperatures (below 0 Fahrenheit) consider the use of a dipstick heater to warm the oil for a few hours first. I'd strongly recommend finding the starting problem and returning to 6 volts.

These are pictures of the car, Its interior, and old motor in it's current condition,and also before pics of new motor and engine bay!!!

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