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Will,
I'm not an expert on this, although I'm sure they'll chime in if I'm wrong,  but I very much doubt that '36 Packards came with tonneau covers. Think convertible Packards would only have had their convertible tops.
Posted on: 2017/2/27 15:49
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I did not know that. Mine came with a really nice cover and I thought that that was the way they came. Hopefully someone else will chime in
Thanks for the info W
Posted on: 2017/2/27 15:53
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Also I just saw a Saturday Evening Post ad and it was a drawing but it seemed to have a Tonneau Cover
Will
Posted on: 2017/2/27 16:07
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Tonneau cover? Or top boot? Some people use these terms interchangeably, although they are two different animals.
I don't recall a factory tonneau cover for 1936 120. Why not take photos of this item and show them here? Let see this tonneau.
Posted on: 2017/2/27 17:07
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I think the language confusion is indeed the issue. A top boot covers the collapsed and folded convertible top. A tonneau cover covers the entire passenger compartment - they were popular with British sportscars because their top bows had to be assembled and were such a PIA to use.
Posted on: 2017/2/27 17:17
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Sorry for my mistake. It is a top boot,, It just covers the convertible top when the top is down, Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
I there a bag or case that came with the car to store the top boot? Thanks for your attention Will
Posted on: 2017/2/28 7:33
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Usually it is a rectangular plain, flat, canvas bag with about a 2" foldover flap at the open end with a single push snap closure.
Posted on: 2017/2/28 9:59
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The comments about the junior convertible coupes not having a top boot are correct. I am not sure about the same is true for the convertible sedans. I have only seen one with a boot. That 115C belonged to Wally Walmsley (sp.?) and it is pictured in an chapter about it in the book "Packard: The Pride". Beautiful automobile with an interesting history. I wonder where it went after Wally's death several years ago?
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Posted on: 2017/2/28 12:04
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My memory says that the 55 Caribbean that Howard Hughes gave to Jean Peters was later purchased by some Packard enthusiast and a picture of the open trunk showed a boot bag.
31.0529 BAG - DUST BOOT
Posted on: 2017/2/28 12:50
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