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Good Evening Jim,

Thanks for your response. The station sedan has the spare laying flat under the cargo floor, not the vertical type well and brace that the sedans use. I think if I can find an image of what it should be, my body man can locate appropriate sheetmetal and massage it to recreate the floor with well.

The entire metal floor under the wood cargo deck (including the spare tile) well has been cut out of the floor of my Station Sedan. It had been replaced with a piece of plywood. It was covered with carpet so I was not really aware of the problem until I removed the gas tank and discovered the huge hole above the tank. The plywood is flat (no recess), so the spare tire does not fit under the cargo floor as it should. Since I have the wood cargo floor totally disassembled for replacement, this is probably the best time to have the body shop fabricate and weld in a suitable well for the spare tire.

My guess here is that the RR corner of the car must have been sticking out of a shed for decades, and allowed water to leak in through the right side of the wood tailgate, filling the spare tire well until it rusted through. This is the only part of the car where there is any evidence of rust, and the only wood damage is the rightmost section of the tailgate assembly and cargo floor. I am presently working with a brass-era Buick club member who is assisting me with rebuilding the tailgate, and another woodworking friend to rebuild the cargo floor.

Greetings again everyone,

My email is in my signature at the end of my message(s) if that's the easier way to send me an image. This is not an urgent problem: I just took the tailgate apart, and have determined that it really needs to be rebuilt, so I'll have the Station Sedan disabled in the garage for awhile.

Greetings everyone,

I need to get some images of the spare tire well for a 1948 Station Sedan, with the spare tire removed. I recently discovered that the floor has been cut out of my car (rust due to tailgate leaks??) and replaced with a piece of plywood. I'd like to know what the correct floor in the tire well should look like.

Is there a quick way to determine if I have placed my Packards on the registry you mentioned?

Please advise; Not urgent.

Greetings all,
I am seeking to replace the 7.60 bias ply tires on my 1948 Station Sedan. I have three questions for forum members:

1. Do tires on these cars require tubes, or can they run tubeless tires?

2. Does anyone on the forum have experience using a Coker 235/75-15 radial tire on one of these cars? Will these fit under the fender skirts?

3. Does anyone on the forum have a recommended tire vendor for my car?
Any information from forum members is appreciated.

My 1948 Station Sedan has the whistle. I had no idea this existed until I filled it with fuel for the very first time yesterday.

I just got my 1948 Station Sedan running this week (first run since last used in 2010). The speedometer produces a significant howl and very erratic needle behavior at all speeds.

I have disconnected the speedometer cable from the back of the speedometer head. I observed foul, sticky lubricant residual on the cable, therefore I have lubricated the cable with Automatic Transmission fluid and left the cable positioned such that the lubricant will drain into the cable.

I have not driven the car since I disconnected the cable, so have not isolated to noise specifically to either the cable or speedometer head.

I request assistance / advice on the following items:

When I removed the cable from the speedometer head, the internal part of the cable did not come out of the head immediately, so it is now about 1/2" longer than it should be, and is preventing me from reinserting the cable onto the back of the speedometer head. Is the speedometer cable separate from it’s housing, and should I be able to pull the cable completely out of the housing for inspection and lubrication?

Is it likely that the inner cable has pulled out of it's home at the transmission end, therefore need to remove the cable from the transmission and reseat the cable?

If I determine that the cable should be replaced, is it typical to replace the cable and housing as a unit, or replace only the inner cable?

If I determine that the speedometer head requires a rebuild, how do I remove it from the instrument panel? Is the panel that contains the speedometer, instruments and clock removed from the dash, or do I remove the speedometer from under the dashboard?

Thanks in advance