Good Morning again Joe...I did neglect to mention that we also added a fan shroud and a higher CFM Fan to our system. I really do not believe that the larger radiator is your problem. All of your comments mirror our experience and the distributor and vacuum advance were the final difference.

I am also active with Model A Fords and we routinely put larger radiators and fan shrouds on them to run them in the desert. If everything else is right, it always works.

We did also change from a Autolite distributor to a Delco distributor as the advance is internal in the Delco and with the Autolite, the entire distributor has to turn and can be impaired by the plug wires.

I have also read that some cars begin with the timing a little advanced from the 6 degrees that the book calls for with modern fuels...I am no expert, I am just relating what happened with our Packard.

Deluxe Canuck, up in Canada also added a shroud to his 1949 and reported that his cooled down after the shroud was added.

One question...What temperature is the return water coming into the radiator and what is the temperature of the output water returning to the radiator? Ernie

Good afternoon Joe...I offer a couple of thoughts based on our 1949 Deluxe 288. Ours in like yours with a new radiator, aluminum in our case. It definitely helped but the final bit of the problem was the distributor. It was dirty inside and had weak springs so the advance was sluggish. Once we cleaned it up and put in new springs things improved again. Finally, we took the vacuum advance tube and moved it from the base of the carburetor and connected it to the intake manifold to give a bit more advance at long stop lights. The car is happy in any hot weather that I wish to drive it in. We live in Scottsdale, Arizona it does get hot here in the summer time. I don't like to drive without air conditioning when the temperature is 99 degrees or more. Our Packard is happy at this temperature. I have not tested it at 100 degrees plus because I don't like it. This is just my humble opinion but it might be worth checking out. Good Luck, Ernie

Max Merritt might have them. 800-472-2573. Egge might also have the...Good Luck...Ernie

Good Evening Fred...You are correct...after June of 56...Mere Ghosts! Ernie

Good afternoon Tom B. I have driven old cars with slow speeds, 40 or so miles an hour for years, in California and Arizona. I went to Barnes and Noble and purchased a big map books, of all the roads in the two states. Two separate books, and they have been really helpful. You can definitely go most places on the 'old' roads and have the time to look at the flowers as you go along. Owen is correct as he usually is. Enjoy your Packard! Ernie

Hello Mal...Randy is right....great rolling stock! Did you win the trophy for the longest run to the event? Ernie

Well done! Ernie

Good afternoon...Fred most likely has the clevis pin that you need. Often times when we take one of these old girls apart...the owner before us used an incorrect part and so we need to be knowledgeable that the new correct part may look a bit different than the old one that came with the car. Ernie

Just a humble suggestion...but sometimes a phone call cuts through the mounds of paper work and gives a better result. If you speak to a government worker and they are interested in your quest...they might be more interested in helping.

I found one prior owner's name on the paperwork that came with our 1949 and then I looked on the web site for their local newspaper and found a news article regarding his birthday that had his address and phone number. I called him up and he told me that he sold the car because his doctor told him that he was going to die due to heart trouble...then he did not die...but he could not find the information regarding who he had purchased his/our Packard from.

You never know what you are going to find. I also researched our 1931 Model A Ford and spoke to a prior owner about three owners back...his only comment was 'Does it still have a heavy clutch?

These old machines and their histories are great fun...Ernie

Good Evening Brenda...When this happens to me, now and again, I start the engine with the cap off the radiator and then stand and watch to see when the level in the radiator upper tank goes down and then I pour more liquid into the upper tank...It usually takes a bit of time and the system will bubble and then the level in the tank will drop away and I will add more liquid. This can happen several times until all of the liquid is back in the radiator...Good Luck...Ernie