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after many months I finally got my 52 back on the road.
went for a great drive yesterday in beautiful Hawaii. I drove for over 1 hour, 55 miles and drove smooth and nice at 65 mph....
it felt great to get out and drive again.

lately I have had one thing after another, but all is repaired and working , passed the safety check and paid the state of Hawaii $222.oo to be legal.

Hawaii won't pass a car with clear signal bulbs or lenses. so I had to change that. I could not find a 6v amber bulb and was impatient to check on line if such an item exists. So I bought 2 cheap amber lenses and dropped them in the original glass lense and it works.....

I am so happy to have the car running again. I feel my car should be driven to keep working. It seems like they just deteriorate it they just sit around.

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Congratulations! To paraphrase a well known quip: Drive it or lose it!

Craig

Tim49

I know very well how it feels to have the car back on the road again!
Congratulations.

Tom

Congratulations, and we are glad to see another Packard out on the road. Enjoy!

Tim, check with your local RV supply store or website. Most of them have amber incandescent light bulbs.

I guess we are lucky here in NJ.You can pass inspection as long as you can show that the car had whatever is in question when new. A gentleman I knew used his Packard 12 every day.Every year he went to inspection and every year they would try to fail him for blue dot tail lights (illegal in NJ and NY and maybe other states).Pulled out his owners manual to prove it was standard equipment and they passed him.