Hi David, Thanks for your help with Noels car. It is not so much the flexible mounting that we need. It is the bracket or whatever that holds the mufler to the mounting. As I didn't take this car apart I have no idea what it looks like. Wade

If you haven't taken your oil heat exchanger apart yet, have a look at "Wades Workshop". Mal posted some photos of the internals of mine there recently. It may give you some ideas.
Wade

I would be having a good look at the oil cooler/heater. It could be that oil under presure is leaking into the water at this point. This is not an unknown problem. Whatever the outcome you will have to get the radiator cleaned, I don't think that just a back flush will get all that oil sludge out.
Wade

I assume that the 38 Super 8 is the same as the 37, in which case there is no plug in the end of the shaft. Just a slight restriction. Can't seem to be able to upload some photos for. Will get Mal to do it when he gets back next week.
Wade

Wade's reply.

OK, so what's wrong with that?

Having Wade's cleaning abilities outed on the site I sort of hoped they may have been transferred to the house - not so. However, yesterday wheh he wanted to use the oven, I was overcome with excitement - maybe cooking instead of cleaning! Packard wins again. Gina

Mal
You can come and clean at our house anytime you like.
Big Red's mrs

I am starting to feel really old. I am so close to 70 that it is not funny. Bought my first Packard in 1990, it is a 1937 120 touring sedan and I still drive it regulary. I also have a 34 Club sedan and a 37 super 8 club sedan. Like David I have thought about kicking the habit but the prospects are not good. I don't think that Davids idea of having a club to help us reform would work. I would have to hold the meetings in the shed and thats full of Packards. There's no hope for us.

I am starting to feel really old. I am so close to 70 that it is not funny. Bought my first Packard in 1990, it is a 1937 120 touring sedan and I still drive it regulary. I also have a 34 Club sedan and a 37 super 8 club sedan. Like David I have thought about kicking the habit but the prospects are not good. I don't think that Davids idea of having a club to help us reform would work. I would have to hold the meetings in the shed and thats full of Packards. There's no hope for us.

Owen,
To answer your question, the car was an 1101 club sedan.
This car was a right hand drive car ex the factory. Hence all the extra cross shafts that are used to get the brake and clutch to the other side. This is the second attempt to restore the car. The first attempt was aborted after the body was completely destroyed in the bush fires around Sydney a few years ago. I managed to find a complete wreck in Califonia that hapened to be the same body. So now we are getting close again. As to paint colours etc, there seems to be a lot of differences between what was available in the USA and what we got over here. I have put things together with the same paint schemes as were on the original car. I know, however, that there seems to be some differences to what you guys have. When I find out how to drive this site I will post some pictures of the car before restoration, during restoration and after the fire.