Xavier: Welcome to the forum.

One of the great luxury cars built before WWII was Minerva, which was constructed and built in your country. Which was know as SA Minerva Motors of Antwerp and Mortsell.

There are a great many experts on 55 & 56 Packard, here that freely give sound advice and help when asked.

John F. Shireman

well folks I bought the NAPA P/N SL-134 switch and it works great, oh by the NAPA said the cost is $22.00 because I bought it from a company store not a franchise (did know the was a difference) oh well if it keep someone off my rear bumper it is well worth it.

the switch mounts on the outside of the firewall
the switch comes in the "normal on position" so the leaver is placed behind the pedal rod, when you apply the brakes the lever on the switch moves toward the front of the car and the brake lights come on, also you need to bend the lever at a 90 degree angle to the switch and turn one twist in the lever so the flat side will ride on the pedal arm ..(hope I did not lose anyone in the explaination). There is not alot of room to work because you have to work around frame.

Yes PeterG I made that statement and stand by it. I believe I called you alot worse, when you revealed the contents of a private phone conversation we had a few years ago.

The bottom line is that I like the freedom of this venue. What realy is nice is seeing how freely people come forward to contribute information about Packards.

John F. Shireman

Brian,

Thank you for your civil response.

I am in agreement with most everything you said. Here are my comments:

Moderating - unfortunately it's a necessary evil. (Just ask Kevin - I'm sure he's eying this thread like a hawk) :) As to asking people to leave a forum - I'm not surprised they leave, I'm relieved: Ironically when a moderator does it to guys like PH they are applauded, but when others have the same negative impact on the community and are banned the Moderator is vilified. Why is that?

As to the old Misc Chat - deleting it was the best thing I ever did.

Yup... Kevin's misc posts (150+) provide links back to Packardinfo.com. Ironically I'll bet there a few here that are offended that I even post, let alone link back to AACA.

The AACA forums gets its fair share of good PR also. Rightly so IMHO, but I'm bias. :)

Thanks,


Peter

Excuse my ignorance on this. But if the Ford dampner was used, would this change anything in relation to the current pulley plane alignment with the water pump? or should the water pump pulley have to be shimed to bring it into alignment?.

Are the Packard dampners of the "zero" balance variety?

I am strill trying to wrap my mind around the PS setup. If you have a 51-54 with Power Steering, but no AC. Did the car come with a single groove dampner or a double grooved dampner?

If it was the double variety, was the waterpump pulley also a double. I guess I need to see a belt arrangement diagram. I only have my car to reference and it doesnt have PS. I will have to go look in the service manuals and see if I have find an answer when I get to my hotel tonight and get back on the net.

JS

I agree - Packardinfo.com has most definitely evolved into the Internets best destination for Packard users. The credit goes to Kevin and the entire community of Packard fans who support it.

I contribute to the Packardinfo.com in a measurable tangle way by sending it traffic. I do it in spite of the fact some dirty the very forum they profess to support by littering it with name calling and mud slinging.

Peter

(As to the AACA Packard forums decline... the number of posts and users disputes that. On the contrary the exit of a few has brought some civility back to the forums which many applauded.)

PeterG -

I didn't specifically cite the AACA by name WRT to vendors, but - even as a mere spectator - I got the feeling that the Egge thread was teetering on the brink of deletion, but - yes - I'm glad a vendor took time to respond in public, rather than having the matter swept under the rug. Still, when other threads have been deleted there (and not just in the Packard DF or the former Misc. Chat), it only seemed to stoke the fire.

As best I can tell (and keep in mind that I don't use the AACA site much anymore), you've given PackardInfo one link in the Packard DF under the pinned "Packard Clubs and Organizations", which we asked for IIRC, and I'll thank you for that.

Still, I bet a lot of the links from the AACA site have as much or more to to do with BigKev's periodic updates and posts by others, including some AACA members as well as myself, pointing people to this non-commercial site for the specific answer they were looking for - resource that aren't available online form the AACA. Yet, those aren't the only arrows pointing people this way.

As you may recall, this site got some nice exposure in a newspaper article on Packards last year, but that's only the first in what I believe will be many such referrals in the future. Then, someone apparently thought enough of the site to place an ad in a recent issue of Cars & Parts directing Packard folk here (and - no - it wasn't BigKev).

Still, when a site admin tells a user, even privately, that if they don't agree with the rules, they can go somewhere else, don't be surprised if they take their leave and others follow.

PeterG: The truth of matter is that compared to a couple of years ago the AACA Packard forum has been on a steep steady decline in use.

That decline started when a couple of us got banned from the AACA Packard forum. People like Eric, BH, myself and others came here and helped Big Kev lay the foundation for which is now the best Packard web site going.

John F. Shireman

... speaking of mud slinging...

Quote:

Sometimes the truth hurts.