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I recently purchased an under appreciated 49 and about the only thing missing on the body is the passenger side turn signal glass lens.

how do you find a replacement?

Thanks
YOLO

G'day YOLO,
to you and your now appreciated '49 to PackardInfo. I'm sure some of our experienced and knowledgeable members will be along soon to point you in the right direction for the part you require.

Welcome. The first suggestion would be to download a copy of the servicepackardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/article/view.article.php?300 and partspackardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/article/view.article.php?140 manual available on site here. They are also available in reprint from some of the vendors, Kanter being one.

Aside from possibly finding a good used one from one of the people on site here, the main Packard vendors have the lens. There are differences between models so you will need to have the exact model or a part number to get the correct one. Max Merritt lists them and has photos of the lenses on his sitemaxmerrittauto.com/ and Kanter Auto lists them alsokanter.com/packard/pac-454.html The parking lamp lenses are part of group 4. There are other vendors who also have good selections of parts. Patrician Industries packards1@aol.com and Tuscon Packardspackardpartsonline.com/index.html are a couple of more. David Moe of Seattle Packards usually has a good used selection.

there are several different lenses used depending on model. First, is your car 22nd or 23rd series? (22nd has rectangular flush tailights and side trim low in line with the bumpers). Secondly, which model? - is the center grille all horizontal or cross-hatched? Then you can refer to the lens you need.

Yolo, welcome to the family of Packard lovers. You will find this site very helpful. As HH56 said the first thing is to determine which model you have. If you have a junior series car I have some good used lenses if you are interested. I am not a parts vendor this is just my hobby. I know first hand your first bathtub Packard can be very confusing figuring out what model and what year the car is. It took me about 2 years to finally understand what was what. I love the bathtub Packards and own 6 different models.

Yolo

Post the VIN # or the first four numbers of the VIn ,and we will be able to tell you which model you have , engine. distinguishing features etc.

I just sold a 1950 bathtub I had for 13 years. I put about 22,000 miles on it. They are excellent road cars

Regards


John Harley