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I just wanted to share an issue those may find when they use the clock delete part. I installed mine with only getting the exterior surfaces clean and it looked great. A short time later I noticed yellow dust sticking to the inside of the domed glass. I carefully bent back the trim edges in the 4 quadrants around the base plate and opened it up. By the time I had it opened it looked like an hourglass had ruptured inside. It was the glue used back in original assembly, it had crystalized and started flaking off. Careful scrapping with a sharp chisel removed the remainder of the old adhesive. A good cleaning got it all ready for reassembly. I then cut a gasket ring out of 1/8th inch stock and put that in after setting the glass in first so it rests between the glass and backing plate where the old adhesive once was, carefully re-crimped the quadrant tangs and it is now clean and the previous rattle due to the adhesive failing is gone and it sits proudly in the glovebox hole.
Bob J.

I have never seen a clock delete. Can you please post a photo or two?

Apparently it's this.

This site is very helpful for such things

https://sites.google.com/site/identifyinginstrumentpanels/home/deletes-1930s

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I think the picture above may be a 1938 clock delete. I believe the 1937 120 does not have the horizontal lines. Sorry for the low quality pic. I have them at my shop and not in front of me to take a better picture. although it does not show the lines.

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Yep, that's it. I got the car with just an empty hole and did not want the hassle of a clock so I got this instead. I really like the look, especially now that it is not full of dust!
Bob J.

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Don, pretty common item. This is the clock delete on the Jackard (115-c)

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Probably is but all my prewar Packards had clocks and so did all those in NorCal when I used to be active in it so never saw one before.