Thanks Howard. By detent block do you mean the shift cover? If so, did the original bolts have "shoulders" to make sure the cover fits in the exact right place?

A local shop replaced my 2nd-3rd shifting fork with a good used fork 300 miles ago. In that short time one of the fork's brass blocks has worn down almost 1/8 inch. It looks like it has been pushed very hard toward 3rd gear (photo attached). We did some measurements and it does not look like the fork is bent. Any ideas why just one side would get so much wear so quickly?

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Thanks for the information. That helps!

My '52 Mayfair was retrofitted to have power steering but the steering box itself is still 5 turns lock-to-lock. I would like to find a 3.5 turns lock-to-lock to replace it. Any suggestions?

Also, I have an extra steering column (also 5 turns lock-to-lock). The box is about one inch longer and the shaft about an inch shorter than my Mayfair. Is this from a Patrician?

Thanks for the reply and also the repair instructions. I'll check with BigKev.

I have a 1952 Packard Mayfair and there is no finishing hardware where the air vent tubes come through the insulator. At some point in time someone carpeted over the insulator so there is just ragged carpet edge around the five-inch circular holes. Is there supposed to be flanges or grills--and if so, where might they be available?

Thanks!

Jeremy Wilson

Thanks Owen!

Thanks Rich!

I have a 1952 Packard Mayfair. I don't know if it came with a windshield washer but it has threaded holes for nozzles in the windshield wiper towers and small tubes extending from the bottom of the towers. There are no nozzles in the towers and I just had the towers rechromed. Does anyone know where I can get just the nozzles?

Thanks for the replies. I appreciate the information.

What I've found is what you (collectively) have said. Dupont does not have 1946 "Packard Blue" mixing instruction for their current paint lines. Their Color Library person scanned a paint chip and sent my local Dupont dealer instructions based on the scan. The resulting paint is unbelievably black, at least on a small panel. My body shop is going to spray it on a larger panel this weekend but they (and I) are doubtful it will be recognizable as a blue.

The body shop asked me to go to the PPG dealer who gave me a stack of color books. Out of 1000s of colors I chose two of the darkest blues, a VW blue and a Nissan blue, both solid non-metallic. My body shop sprayed those today but they are not dark enough. So, it looks like I'm going to need to go custom with the color, maybe approximating the 1946 Dupont "Coral Blue." At least it looks like blue on the paint chip, unlike the "Packard Blue" chip. The body shop will have samples of all of them this Monday.

44 years ago I had a 1946 Packard that was "Packard Blue" and I remember the color, more or less. The problem is that that most of the Packards that are blue nowadays have been repainted so it is really difficult to come up with an example of the exact color, again because the paint chip in my Dupont folder looks virtually black.

Thanks again!

Jeremy