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Thanks Guys, great info from everyone. I see that the 37 accessories brochure is posted as well and i have lifted a photo of the 36 120B installation i seek. A couple of items are apparent to me, please correct me if i am wrong-
1)The 36 120B stock, bowtie, rear bumper guards must be moved outward and not replaced with shortys....or the trunk will overtravel.

2) The prop rod is a safety rod to ensure the trunk does not come back, even tho it is logically overcenter.

3) I am not sure what keeps the "rack trunk" from flopping. What holds it down? What keeps the prop rod from rattling?

So, I am still wanting to see actual 35,36,37 120ABC rack trunk installations. Any chance anybody has knowledge of such a rare accessory occurence?
thank you
Craig

PS - i just thought of something.......maybe the "prop rod" is really a "hook rod"

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Any idea of a source for the chromed rounded head bolts that secure the trunk rack to the trunk rack brackets
on a 37 120-C convertible
Steven Sisson
Ashburn, VA
sissonse01@cs.com

My 115C has a trunk rack and a trunk, but the trunk does not pivot like in your photo. Here are three photos of the set up on my car. As you can see the hinged arms rest on the bumper. I use a short piece of split heater hose to protect the paint on the arms and plating on the bumper (not shown). In so far as the chrome plated acorn nuts - I would think that any good bolt and nut shop should have them in stock, probably in stainless steel though. Hope this helps.

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Any idea of a source for the chromed rounded head bolts that secure the trunk rack to the trunk rack brackets

Steve, I don't know what type of acorn bolts or nuts your trunk rack might have had, but generally the standard crown acorns are widely available in steel, stainless and brass from the specialty suppliers like Restoration Supply, Tiogo Stainless, and many others. Acorn-headed bolts can be simulated by just threading the appropriate length of threaded rod into the acorn nut and securing with solder or Locktite.

Packard had kind of a love affair, at least on the 30s seniors, with special acorn nuts. Here's a picture of 2 of the more unusual shapes - the tapered and blunt-ended one was used on the trunk rack pivot arms for many years and to my knowledge are not reproduced but they are very easily made by turning hex stock to shape on a small lathe, drilling and tapping, and sending out for plating. The small rather pointy one was used on the coil cover caps by NorthEast at least thru 1934 and I'm told is now in reproduction.

Page 11 of my old article on Packard Patents has one image from the patent on the hinged trunk rack. There are many pages of details in the text of the patent which may describe further the details. Send me a PM if interested and I'll mail you a copy.

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I also am trying to install a trunk rack on my 1940 120 I also am interested in getting some information or a drawing on the swing type trunk. Any information would be great.

Email: dclemen4@ford.com

I'm afraid I can't be of much help, here's all I've got. For whatever it's worth here's the full text of the Packard patent covering this device. Keep in mind that a skillful patent attorney tries not to disclose his "best" or preferred methodology, but tries to write his claims so as to embrace it. Point being, what's disclosed isn't necessarily what's actually built.

If you go over to the PAC website atpackardclub.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=696 which should be the Redding CT show last Saturday, there is a photo of a double-acting trunk rack on a 1937 Super Eight convertible sedan. Unfortunately the photo doesn't show much, and even examining it closely I wasn't able to form a clear picture in my mind of how it functions. But note the knurled locking knob on the right side of the rack rear. I think I have one more detail picture that I didn't post on that site; if I saved it I'll add it here.

Sorry I don't have more.

PS - found the other photo.

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