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Is there anyone out in Packardinfo land that has actual hands on experience mounting and installing a driver-side spot light onto a 55-56 Packard? Would love to hear about your experiences here or via PM's/ Thank you.

Best Other has right and left spot lights mounted. They are not dummies. I had a 20 inch long drill bit made because once you start drilling you must continue in a straight line clean through the dash. The fellow who made the drill for me also loaned me a much smaller diameter drill and the accompanying bushing to drill a pilot hole because he surmised that the large drill would just ride the curve of the fender and screw up the project.
I can take close-ups if you want.

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beautiful Packard,,,

Looks like I'll be giving you a ring Randy to discuss further. I'd love to see the close ups too. Maybe Weds or Thurs evening. Thanks.

Randy -

You sure are getting a lot of mileage out of that pic, which I took at the Warren meet back in 2003, using nothing more than a a clunky old 1.3MP digicam (with AF).

Brian, that's what friends are for!

IMHO

Friends don't let friends mount spotlights.

I had thought that a spotlight might be cool on the Bumblebee, but in light of what I've just read, I'm getting cold feet ...

I'm surprised that there is not some kind of modern electronic e-gizmo for articulating the a spot lite that would require much less drilling.

On the other hand with some recent disussion of headlite/circuit breakerproblems a spotlite mite be a very wise decision.
I like fog litres for that reason. I do fair amount of nite driving on snakey roads. Headlites suddenly go out BIG PROBLEM, FAST!!!!!!!

OK, here are some pics I took.
You should get a template which you tape to the fender to show you exactly where to drill the three holes for the mounting bracket. The bracket should also come with a bushing to guide the 1/2 inch drill bit. As I said, the machinist loaned me a much smaller 20 inch bit and made a bushing to fit that bit as a guide. Patience is a key word here as I let the drill do the work and did not rush the job.
As far as friends not letting friends mount spotlights, I didn't know you then Rodger.

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