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anyone with any experience on the fender skirts sold by Agape Auto or the new ones currently listed on ebay? which are better? any problems with either? thanks!

I have not purchased either the ones from Agape will require priming which is not a big deal. They indicate about 15 min to install.

i am looking for the vacuum routing regarding my choke pull off see picture #1. And vacuum routing for this switch under the dash board picture # 2

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That is the valve for the optional vacuum antenna. The hoses would all route through a grommet on the front left upper firewall/cowl just below the patent plate--above where the wire loom and other items exit. My 47 has 3 short pipe sections molded in the grommet with hoses on either side. One goes to top, one to bottom of antenna and third to the carb area vacuum source. There should be some kind of port (maybe one capped off) near the base of carb or even intake manifold where the vacuum originates. If you do have the antenna and hook it up, the vacuum source goes to center port on valve, top of antenna to top port and then to lower the antenna, the bottom antenna hose to other one.

The metal tube in question is the heat tube which works the bimetal element in choke. Not really vacuum in true sense but rather a gentle vacuum pulls heated air from a stove in exhaust manifold into choke housing. You appear to have a different carb than I do but if it connects to a fitting on bottom of choke housing and to exhaust manifold where yours appears to, it looks to be OK. Mine comes from a hole on manifold in front of carb, a gentle bend parallels manifold a few inches and then 90's up to choke.

Any idea where a vacuum antenna is available? Someone put an after market antenna on my 47 Clipper.

thks

David

Don't really know where one might be or how common but since they were available for 3-4 years maybe ebay or a swap meet. Strangely, Tuscon Packards did have an equally scarce rotary roof antenna another poster was looking for a while back so even that might be a possibility.

G'day, vieillebouette,
See you've been a PackardInfo member for some time but first post so

And could you please include your Packard in the Packard Owner's Registry here, together with a pic, any known history and how you acquired it?