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hi
my name is Tom and I just joined Packard motor car info.
I just purchased the 42 clipper with factory air conditioning that was seen on the Radcliff Ohio craigslist.I do plan on a complete body off restoration as the car is very rough. I have been restoring cars for 30 years and mainly Packards and Mopars for the past 20.There were some questions concerning the word elite.This word is nowhere found on the car. The words air conditioned are found on the hood.I will be taking pictures of the car as work progresses.
As with all people in this field my car comes last so this will be a long process.I did see where Mr. Peterson said he has owned this car and his brother still has some a/c brackets.Any info on the car would be greatly appreciated and if your brother can locate those brackets I would be willing to buy them from him.Look forward to hearing from anyone who can help.
Thanks Tom

Hi Tom, glad to see this car might be restored. I hope you start a blog down on the forum showing its restoration as it progress.
John

G'day Tom(tom abel),
to PackardInfo, and I invite you to include your air conditioned '42 Clipper in the Packard Owner's Registry.

If West doesn't have the brackets, I may. Lemme think, I think I have the double fan pulley. Do I still have the compressor bracket? Not sure...will be home sometime first week in November. I definitely have the AIR CONDITIONED emblems for the side of the hood. I think I still have the A/C switch for the dash. And a 5 bladed fan. What else? Hmmm...maybe a referral to the man who I divert all my A/C finds to.
JWA in NC. (not on this site, PM me for contact details)

DAF

Flackmaster, If you or West do have a Clipper bracket -- or have any other not commonly seen prewar Clipper AC components -- would you post a few photos before any find a new home. The prewar AC parts and service articles do not show much if any Clipper detail info. It would be nice to document some of the differences between the conventional body cars.

Aside from the compressor bracket and dash switch, there may also be some differences with the evaporator case and inner components to accommodate the return air flow. I believe there are different shapes and body structures behind and under the rear seats that makes the air entry point different. It would be much appreciated if Tom could post photos of that portion when he gets around to disassembly on the car.

I sent your message to my brother. He's trying to remember where he put it. I suspect the car still has its double pulley? Not sure about the a/c switch under the dash. Don't remember if it was ever there when we had it. I believe Yesterday's radio is getting ready to reproduce it, though.

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That is one of the differences with the Clippers. AC switch was in one of the 6 positions in the dash switch cluster on Clippers. I suspect it is the same switch as is used on cars with the standard dual stream heater and defroster but don't know for sure.

car still has double pulley and 5 blade fan. as for the switch I thought the top right switch that says cooling was for the a/c. at least I hope.thanks for emailing your brother hope he can find them.

We bought the car in Austin, Minnesota in the very early 1970s. It had around 35,000 miles on it. We also bought a 1946 Packard at the same time. The front bumper of the '42 was in pretty bad shape (chrome pealing), so we put the 1946 bumper on the '42. I think we still have the rust-free doors from the '46, but we junked the rest of the car (I believe they are the same as on the '42, so if your doors are now too rusty to repair, let me know).

We sold the '42 to a man in Ohio in the mid-1980s. At the time, it still has fewer than 40,000 miles on it.

Lost track of it and never heard about it again until we saw it on Craigslist last month. I had been searching for it for quite some time, even made a post on this forum asking if anyone knew where it was. I have had its serial number written on a Post It note and sitting on my desk for several years (1532-2054).

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