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Re: Garage tires for a '48 22nd series
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Thank you, Ozman. Sometimes the software of this wonderful site sluggish and there are only so many minutes in the day.

Meanwhile, it would be nice if we could desist with these redundant details like discussed to the nines tires, and focus on the "compleat car."

Posted on: 2023/10/22 4:44
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Re: Garage tires for a '48 22nd series
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The 1948-50 tubs, as Consumer Reports, Uncle Tom McCahill and others pointed out, were dangerously under-tired even with jumbo 8.20/15 balloons. But if you can use 7.00/15, the size on 1941-47 Century/Roadmaster, Cadillac Series 62/60S, Chrysler Saratoga/New Yorker, Hudson Commodore Eight, initial and 1942-47 127"wb Packard Clipper, the below is what Diamond Back charges a hefty price for after vulcanizing a not wide enough "wide" white.

Historically incorrect 1946-47 CCCA, AACA, PAC "100-point" cars so shod because we all know that, as with gloss instead of semi-gloss engine accessories, glitz and frail male ego trump historic accuracy.

For what combat vet fathers of the modern war novel Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut dismissed as "flag patriots," be assured Yokohama is a Canadian company, even as the identical spec Bridgestones on my '47 Super are Japanese. Michelin also made this exact sort through the early aughts.

BTW, Packard did not produce tires, batteries, generators, motor oil, grease, brake fluid, so might be good to focus on the rest of the car, not reinvent the wheel, front disc conversions, increased carburetion simply as the patience required to get these fine-threaded automobiles right is lacking in so many erstwhile buffs today.

Note some of the sizes below correct for those with earlier Packards:

RY01 Available SizesPattern No. RY01
inch Size Ply Li/Ss Tube Type Rim Width
16 6.50R16 10 109/107M T / T 4.5 ~ 5.5
6.50R16 12 111/109M T / T 4.5 ~ 5.5
7.00R16 10 113/111M T / T 5.5
7.00R16 12 116/114M T / T 5.5
7.50R16 10 119/117M T / T 5.5 ~ 6.0
7.50R16 12 121/120M T / T 5.5 ~ 6.0
15 7.00R15 10 111/109M T / T 5.5
7.00R15 12 114/112M T / T 5.5
7.50R15 12 12PR T / T 6.0

Approved rim width from JATMA yearbook 2009. T/ T =Tube Type
*The RY01 is not available in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

Meanwhile, let's support Yokohama's 7.00/15 bias-sized radials, because if they bow out as did Michelin and Bridgestone, those of us with the above mentioned 1941-47 road cars are relegated to hobby bias plies people in the third world wouldn't accept. And the metric 215/225/235-15 stupid useless vehicle tires many use do not look right.

Posted on: 2023/10/21 19:24
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Re: The big coolant disaster. HELP!
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I like Gone1951's step stud solution. Meanwhile, for those considering Hela-Coil, try Time-Sert instead.

Posted on: 2023/10/20 21:53
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Re: 1951 200 question
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Greg, all the others above give you the most apt advice. I would only caution that you never use starting fluid. Sure, it works, but you can so damage your engine. F a r safer is to use a bit of carburetor cleaner instead of ether.

Had a little old lady's 48,414-mile not Pasadena but nearby Hawthorne '51 200 long ago in my 20s so i could spare my rebuilt '40 One-Twenty for special occasion by driving something my age labeled Packard.
Tho' not a postwar Packard fan, no '50s domestic automobile had better ergonomics. Had it stick/OD instead of Ultramatic, albeit the latter perfectly rebuilt with the smaller 9-inch direct drive clutch by a former Packard service wrench/transmission specialist, i'da kept it longer.

Mechanix Illustrated's Tom McCahill preferred the Ultramatic '51 "baby" 200 as he and they called it over the 400 Patrician.

Posted on: 2023/10/17 14:18
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Re: Fog Lights
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Thanks. Live and learn. But they're still a silly affectation on most cars, esp. by the '50s. Less is more, certainly if the car has clean lines, the right color, a certain presence and g o e s, or at least looks ready to.

Posted on: 2023/10/15 9:57
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Re: Fog Lights
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Why are you adding them, is the better question? In the '30s,'40s, certainly '50s, you r a r e l y saw fog or driving lights on any cars, expensive ones included.

Hobbyists today think they need every factory and dealer option available, overlooking that most of the latter were simply a way of increasing the dealer's profit margin.

My '47 Super has driving lights (clear, fog are amber bulbs only difference) because dealers took advantage of a car-starved public by loading inventory with options.

Keep it simple. Cars look best with fewer distractions, gew gaws.

Make sure your grounds good. They make LED headlights for our 6-volt cars now. Also, consider a bolt-in (no butchering whatsoever) 6-volt, positive ground, 55-amp alternator if you want brighter head and tail lights, especially when idling at a light or at slow speed.

Jim's Battery Manufacturing, Youngstown, OH (707) 426-7580 has such 6-volt alternators. In the win-win-win, you're saving weight, as with using an 800-cold-cranking-amp Optima Red Top 6-volt battery. Something few old domestic car guys grasp: "Weight is the enemy" in any serious sport, GT, road car. A little here, a littler there, it adds up.

Tell Jim that Mike, '47 Super Clipper, Walnut Creek, CA, and the late Hans Edwards, '47 Custom Super, British Columbia, referred you.

Posted on: 2023/10/14 15:57
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Another parts source: Tucson Packard
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Economies of scale do not apply to purveyors of old car parts. Some of the larger national vendors have gotten pricey beyond the constraints of rarity and inflation, so wish to add another long-established, but more reasonable Packard supplier, Tucson Packard, aka Chirco Automotive. Sandy Chirco is turning the show over to his capable, attentive son Mike.

Tucson Packard has not just a large selection of NOS mechanical and trim parts, but parts cars, witnessed by Mike mentioning they had a pair of '47 Super Clippers among their donors. They also restore various parts:

www.tucsonpackard.com
9101 E 22nd Street
Tucson, AZ 85710-7313
(520) 730-2246
Packardautoparts@gmail.com

Please tell them Mike, '47 Super Clipper, Walnut Creek, CA referred you.

Posted on: 2023/10/9 6:11
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Re: Brakes and Electrical Issues
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AR, after attending to the above, this is the ideal time to switch to DOT 5 silicone brake fluid to preclude future such problems.
The Search box on the upper right of this site's homepage will give more information.

Posted on: 2023/10/7 11:22
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Re: Packard Club vs. Packards International Club
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Sound like a broken record praising Howard's insight, and at the risk of embarrassing him with another well deserved commendation, the gentleman deserves it. Years ago, decades ago, I had friends in both clubs, and HH56 sums it succinctly, perfectly, including his observation of the AACA's over zealous monitoring leading to BigKev's terrific Packard Info,
there surely being no more upbeat, expansive, thorough, well mannered exchange, marque support group extant.

In fact, many of us have no need of clubs thanks to Packard Info's "one-stop shopping."

Posted on: 2023/9/29 13:33
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Re: Fuel Filter Ceramic Element Clogging
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Good tip. We found acetone, if you can still get it, will cut anything. However, lacquer thinner should do the trick and is more benign.
I now use a modern pleated paper element in my original glass bowl filter just before the carb.

Also have a filter at the NAPA E8011 solenoid fuel pump near the gas tank which i use only to prime the system after the car's sat more than a week, which it invariably has given our hellish traffic.

Jeff Adkins, Moose Motors, Penngrove near Petaluma in the North Bay (707) 792-9985, packardguy54@sbcglobal.net had/has NOS glass bowl filters w/ paper elements, as well as most mechanical bits 1935-56 Packards, drum brake parts for all cars Auburn through Zephyr. Tell him Mike, '47 Super Clipper, Walnut Creek sent you.

Posted on: 2023/9/28 15:17
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