you will need a big O ring to seal the tank back up when you are done. I foxed mine by taking the sending unit out, finding the thin brass "flex" strip broken, and soldering on a patch, after abrading the brass to accept the solder. Be careful with the toy tabs on the housing of the sending unit, they should be heated before you bend them.

My experiences aren't quite as bad as yours. But I did have one. I was showing my 1949 convertible in an indoor show. One that could be expected to draw enthusiasts and people who understand old cars. As I returned to my car I see a 4 t0 5 year old boy hanging from my driver's door trying to get traction with his tennis shoes on the lower portion of the door. He was doing a pretty good job of creating skid marks on my gray paint without actually gaining any height. I can still hear the squeak squeak squeak as I got close. When still at a distance, I yelled at the boy to get off of my car. Just as I got to my car, his parent intercepted me and chastised me for yelling at there son. They said "he only wants to see inside". "He aint hurtin nuthin". At that point I was so flustered I no reply.

As I said this has been the exception. I do, like many other Packard owners, get the inevitable questions, "Who made Packards?" Or, Who built engines for Packard?

Oh well, maybe educating those from the shallower end of the gene pool is just part of our responsibility of owning and showing Packards.

I know this is not related to Packard but thought some of you would like to see what I forgot I had laying around.

O wait I did find a Matchbox of a 1930 Packard Victoria but I didn't take a picture of it.

Also have an old wind-up USA Army CAR/TANK.

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Very interesting and thanks, HH. I will take a look manana.

Looks like a great job on the new brake lines!

Looking good Phil!

I believe the inner cable same for all 55-6 & the housings same between like transmissions. There is a difference in housings at trans end between Ultra and standard trans.

New Photos much smaller. But quality suffers. Hope there are of interest.

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on mine, i guess they must have found it broken, and just never reconnected it.

By the way, are the 55s the same as the 56s?

Most likely the sender unit. To confirm, open the trunk and you will find a channel about an inch wide running the width of car between trunk floor and front of the back lower sheetmetal. Almost in front of license plate, there will be some connectors and wires going thru a hole to under car. Should be an orange wire coming out of harness and connected to another going thru the hole. That will be the gas sender lead. Disconnect and ground the part going into the harness. If key is on, the gas gauge should start to move toward full. DO NOT LEAVE GROUND CONNECTED more than a few seconds. If gauge does move, then problem is the sender and will either have to be repaired or replaced. If gauge does not move, then it's the wire, gauge or instrument regulator. The senders are prone to internal corrosion & rust, floats disintegrating so it sits on tank bottom, and any number of other failures. Unfortunately you have to drop the gas tank to remove it.