I have a complete 28 rear end for sale if you need parts.

Thank you, where did the door switch physically mount?

I have the crest that is identified as going on the radio plate but there is also a vertical bar on the speaker that has a spot for a crest. Is it the same as the radio? Are reproductions available? Does the speaker get rotated so the trim bar is on the right or on the left?

What operated the running board courtesy lights that mounted in the rear fenders? We are adding them to a car.

Classic and exotic sells them 248-362-2097 they are expensive.

We are planning to bond our repro running board mats this week and have been trying to find pics of 38-9 running boards to figure out where to trim the excess so the ribs don't end up looking crooked. If anyone has some good pics on hand or even better; if any one has measurements from the trim to the first rib front, center and rear. Thank you.

on the original topic i would think if one were to diesel a packard (which seems like it would negate the purpose of owning a packard) one would want to do it in such a manner that it was snuck in and if you never popped the hood, no one would know. I have owned and driven near every diesel out there and the only one that would seem like it was even a candidate would be the duramax as it is whisper quiet to start with and i think one could quiet it further by going with larger pipe but extra mufflers in succession. I did this by accident when i put 5" turbo back on the shop truck and had to modify things because the truck is lowered 6 inches. I put an extra 5" muffler on it to get out past the dually fender because i ran out of pipe and the truck shop was closed. i started up waiting to hear the rumble and power of 22 feet of five inch stainless steel pipe and it was quieter than stock. I think if one was to play with this phenomenon and add a dual walled insulated downpipe like the 12 you could get it to the point where you could stand next to it and not know it was running. That is personally how I would do it if someone showed up at my shop asking for a diesel conversion on their packard and I couldn't talk them out of it. Or of course if we lived in a fantasy world where pre war senior packards were as plentiful as volkswagon bugs. I have been guilty of thinking in the back of my head how it might be neat to attempt a convincing period correct turbo twelve that would pas as a factory option. I have a thing for early turbo and supercharger cars and the packard twelves manifold set up almost looks as if though they were planning a blow through turbo set up. Plus the turbo would make it even quieter.

The thought of lowslung senior prewar fenderless landspeed saltflat style racer powered by a 1500hp packard pt-boat supercharged twelve built from all period correct parts has also crossed the drawingboard in the back of my head.

like this one from PT-boats site

"Despite the commonplace assumption, the new-generation Packard marine engine, initially tagged the 4M-2500, was anything but a re-popped Liberty. Instead, Vincent, Packards lead engineer, started with a clean sheet and designed a four-stroke, 60-degree V-12 with an aluminum block with a bore of 6.04 inches and a 6.50-inch stroke, which brought it to 2,490 cubic inches. Weighing 2,900 pounds, the 4M-2500 had four valves per cylinder, a 6.4:1 compression ratio, and a centrifugal supercharger, later models were also fitted with an intercooler. A Holley 1685F aircraft carburetor supplied the fuel, 100-octane gasoline, fired by two spark plugs per cylinder. The first engines developed 1,200hp, but improved versions with higher boost levels nominally made 1,500hp. Packard built 14,000 marine engines during the war, three of which went into each of the Navy's 768 PT boats, two astern and one amidships for better service access. "

I would imagine it would be well into the passanger compartment to get it behind the rad. But all packard.

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does anyone know john scales of packard motorcar service in coneticut? The car i am restoring origionally came from him and i belive he still has some of our parts but his number is disconected and he is not responding to emails?

frame is near done but am still looking for some detail pictures of the fuel line routing and a few other items if anybody happens to have a bunch of chassis pics from a 38 twelve or something close the'd be willing to email me.

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now days just vodka waters and lucky lagers, too old for the other stuff, one can only do so much acid and still function.