The Packard 120 wheel and tire can weight close to 50 lbs. When installing the tire the wheel hides the locating pin on the drum. A white line on the hub makes proper wheel alignment easier.
Packard clutches have a tendency to rust to the fly wheel during long time storage. This clutch blocker placed between the depressed clutch lever and the toeboard will prevent this from occuring.
A picture of the infmaous clutch blocker. It is merely a 6 3/4 inch piece of wood with Velcro at each end. So far Craftsmen, Blackhawk ,Snap-on or the like have not approched me for a license.
A tune-up in the old fashioned way, utilizing a tachometer, dwell meter, vacuum guage, compression guage, timing light,and feeler guage. It was ok then and it is ok now.
An ordinary radiator boilout cost $106. This little device should help keep the rediator clean.
In case someone will not accept the reproduction title plate, they can find the original under the carpet under the passengers feet.
Reproduction plate indicating the vehicle number, date and dealer location of shipment.
Hunched under the fender, setting the valves, on a hot and running Packard L Head straight eight, truly the devils workshop.
Two long Blackhawk valve wrenches, two home made extended feeler guages, and one Craftsman wrench, as long as I could buy, plus cotton gloves, not shown, all to stay away from the hot exhaust manifold.
I have never had a problem with the AC mechanical fuel pump, but it is nice to have a back-up. The unit to the right is a fuel pressure regulator.
This is an original tag applied to the radio after installation by the mechanic. It taught the new owner how to utilize the radios features.
A petcock installed on the gas tank provides an easy method of draining gasoline. This can be useful in storage and maintence.
Instructions for an origional Casco cigarette lighter. A nice little touch.
