This is the switch I bought. It has the same current specs as the one Howard provided…300A continuous and 2000A intermittent.
Battery disconnect switch

I get it. No argument. The only point to my post is that not all experiences are negative. If someone is going to make a decision about whether or not to do business with Tucson Packard based on reviews from this site, I just want them to see that not everyone has had a bad experience. Hopefully, that allows them to make a more educated decision.

I’m going to add my experience that is very recent. I bought a part from Mike in mid-April and it shipped in about a week. The USPS sent it around the country three times, but that wasn’t Mike’s fault. It turns out the part wasn’t correct for my car and that was my fault.

I sent the part back and have received a full refund. Now, it did take about a month to get the refund and I had to reach out multiple times about that. When I did get him, he mentioned having a major glitch with PayPal and things being crossed up between his dad’s old account and his account and that he just got that straightened out. The refund then went through quickly from that point. He also refunded the shipping cost which he didn’t have to do since the part being incorrect was my fault. He sent what I ordered, I just ordered the wrong thing.

Most recently, I asked Mike if he had the instrument/map light switch for my car as that has been very difficult to find. He got right back with me with pictures. That was just over a week ago. In the meantime, Mike also found the previous correct part I had been looking for, sent pictures, and we agreed to a price. That was last night. Both parts shipped via USPS this morning.

I’m not putting this out to suggest that things are all rosy with Tucson Packard. I do think Mike is struggling to keep up. Anyway, I have had a good experience overall. I do hope he gets everything figured out and gets the operation going smoothly.

I took Kathy over to the shop today to see Birdie. She hasn’t seen the car since it’s been painted. They painted the hood, headlight buckets, tail light buckets, fender support arms, radiator housing, and side mount covers. They still have to paint the front fenders and the cowl vent. The fenders wouldn’t fit in the paint booth with everything else and still leave room to maneuver. They were also working on polishing the doors and had one done.

My son and I are going to go over next week and remove the exhaust manifold. Then, I’ll install the NOS heat riser I got from the Dallas office and get it down the road to be ceramic coated. It’s going to be much easier to do while the front clip is off the car.

I don’t have any pictures of my work on Birdie today. I spent the day underneath the car, brush painting as much of the frame as I could get to. That was all with the car completely on the ground as one of the guys from the shop was polishing.

Here are a few pictures of the polished areas….the last picture is of the roof and seems to have a blemish!

So, what do you do when you’re bored and not feeling very motivated to do chores around the house? You start tinkering with all the little parts…

I started with tightening all the knobs on my window crank handles. Almost all of them had a bit of wobble. They should spin, but not wobble. So, I pressed them all on a bit more and have them how I want them.

Then, I disassembled my cigar lighter sockets so I could wire brush the bottom contact area that had a bit of corrosion. I found one had the phenolic piece broken, so I glued it back together. It should be fine since it’s all held in place by the housing as well. Then, I tested my plan to wire them to a small 12v negative ground battery (everything else will remain 6v positive ground). Mostly, I just needed to make sure the modern phone chargers fit the cigar lighter sockets correctly. They fit great and the cigar lighter sockets are ready to be reinstalled.

Well, at least you found it now! It should definitely be flat. At least it gives you something to do while you’re waiting on the engine!

Not a bad idea. So far, the only “water” I’ve had pooled there has been on the passenger side when my water pump was leaking. The fan blows the coolant to that side.

Fortunately, those areas on my car are very solid and don’t have much pitting at all. Probably got lucky on that one.

I may put that on my to-do list.

I spent another full day at the shop. This time, the agenda was to get the engine bay detailed while the front clip is off. I painted the frame and touched up the green on the engine. I will go back on Wednesday to paint the underneath side of the frame.
















I also started cutting out pieces for insulation.

Looks good!