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Hi Packard Friends,
my car has this 4 Air/Oil Pressure Shocks patendet by G. Westinghouse NY in 1916. Looks like that this Shocks are a very rare optional equipment on cars at this early 20th.
I found any pictures shows mounted this pieces mostly on Piers Arrow Cars. I found the Patend script but no further infromations.
On my car one shock had a broken Airvalve. I fixed this and meanwhile all Shocks are in function. I rebuild the 4 missing Valvecups.
The Shocks hold the airpressure, but I don`t know what is the "normal" airpressure... what kind of fluid and what is the level this Shocks need.
Ill be happy about any informations about that.

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Sorry I can't help you with your questions about servicing the Westinghouse units, and I don't know if they were factory standard, factory optional, or perhaps aftermarket. But it's not entirely uncommon to see them on Packards of that vintage. If I don't see an answer here to your question about the air pressure, next time I see the owner of the one below I'll ask him about it.

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Hi Owen,
thank you for this information. Im locking forward on your Information about the Westinghouse Shocks. After searching houres by houres I found nothing about this pieces on Packard Cars. And I?m sure my Packard 1924 is the only one with this shocks ................................................ in Germany