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Just looking at your earlier posts and was wondering what mounts in the four holes in back of the center of the seat above the package tray and has one larger hole above the four holes? I'm thinking it could be an interior light or a light for the rumble seat area?

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From what I understand, it was a carry over in the body tool stamping from 1936, but is not utilized for any purpose in 1937. It is upholstered over on both sides.

Hello BigKev.

I just joined the forum today.

Would you be able to help me better understand the convertible top mechanism for my uncle's 1936 Packard 120B Convertible Sedan.

The last arm (highlighted) of the folding bars seems to fold inside, possibly for a landaulet look, (correct me If I am wrong) just to let the front seat remain open to sky?
Where does this last arm rest on behind the front seat? It gets really low from the top.

Is it missing a part or an arm? Has this been installed in an incorrect manner?

Any detailed pictures or information would be highly appreciated.

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Where is your front header bow?

This is what the sedan top assemble parts looks like:

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Will admit to not having a clue about tops in the various models of this era but check out May 1, 1936 Service Letter Vol 10 #9. It has some photos and instructions on raising convertible sedan tops. No idea if the top they are illustrating is similar to yours but if it is maybe you will see something you might be missing.

Howard, that is the same top. Also the Body Manual I recently posted shows the folding procedure for both the coupe and sedan models.

If you try to fold it in the wrong order, it can puncture the canvas.

Managed to get the SU HD6 carbs pulled off the motor today. Each carb feeds 3 dedicated cylinders as it's a split manifold.

Already have found a few issues. The front carb never pulled as much air as the rear carb did. Pretty sure the missing gasket between the insulator and the front carb was the reason. Also nearly all the carb to manifold bolts were just hand tight. So probably leaking air.

Lots of varnish in the fuel bowls from sitting.

These carb don't have a traditional choke, they instead supply more fuel to the manifold. This is done via something called the Auxiliary Starting Carb. The fuel hoses that feed that auxiliary enrichment, were pretty mushy.

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Had SU's on my old '65 Austin Healey Sprite MkIII. They'd be synced for about a minute, and then unbalanced again. I rebuilt the carbs of course, linkage, provided new bushings in all the shafts, took months of working on it (and I was only 23 at the time. Oh, geez. That's 40 years ago now....)

I finally put on a $50 swap-meet Weber and really woke up that little engine. Night and day difference. Sold the SU's with the car and a pile of spares, in case someone wanted to return it to an ill-running original.

Rear carb after the first round of cleaning.

Doing one carb at a time, so I can use the other one for reference if needed.

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