I've seen this decanter before. It's pretty neat.
I do not know how rare it is. I believe that the cormorant that came with my 1940 Packard is one of these repro birds, as the wings are "soldered" to the bird. It would be very hard to "get away" with one of these on your car, as it is very clear that the wings are not removable. I took it off of my car and am currently running with the basic bail.
West

While I'm glad I'll often be able to visit the entrance at it's new location, I would have preferred that it ended up at the Proving Grounds. It should have stayed in Michigan, on Packard property.

Again, I'm not posting to criticize, just bringing to light what could/would prevent new users from coming back. After Kev did some altering, it seemed to get better. However, today it has become especially slow again.

I too have had good luck with many Packard suppliers. Just like grocery stores, though, prices and quality vary depending on the specific item. Many times it's good to come here to the forum and ask, where's a good place to buy/get-rebuilt??
I've had excellent service from Kanter. Stuart Blond deals with their Packard parts and is very helpful.
You need to be careful with some New Old Stock parts. Things like hoses, bushings and even regulators do not stand up to time very well.

I do not mean to nit-pick, because I think this is an extremely good web site, but I'm finding that it takes quite long to travel from one page to another here. I have a high-speed connection and do not experience this problem anywhere else. Is anyone else having the same problem. I can't imagine what it must be like with slower speed connection.

... and it has 1941 hub caps as well. As MrPushbutton says, it's a 1941 that may be titled as a '42.

Tom,
New wiring and clean contacts will fix a lot of ailments.
As you said, if the headlights are working like new, there should be no problem unless you are going too fast.

Ken
I'd check it anyway. One person's idea of "complete" is different than another's.

Ken
It shouldn't wander about the road. You need to check into replacing tie rod ends, king pins, steering link, control arm bushings, etc. Something's gotta be worn.

I kept telling this to my dad who wanted to put radials on his '42, because "it wandered all over the place." Well... he put the radials on and guess what, it didn't solve the problem. It turned out that the control arm bushings were shot.

I remember driving down I-24 on the downside of Monteagle, just west of Chattanooga, in the fast lane in the 1930 Packard 734 when I heard what sounded like a shotgun blast. It was the right rear tire.