Packard Don

That's right but as a reminder, the parts you chose will need some work, which is why the low price. I think they'll fit in one box but I won't know until I try as I don't want to fold the old wires too much. To buy, each one has Add to Cart buttons (PayPal) below the description so simply press the button for each item, then follow the PayPal cart prompts. You can contact me easily by PM through this site, use the Contact form on mine, or reply through PayPal once you've purchased the parts. I am deaf and do not have a telephone but my shop is very, very rural and totally off the grid without one anyway.

Craig's List and one of the car forums to which I am active are notorious for that. Not too long ago someone tried to sell me a steering wheel for my Imperial and the photo they sent was directly from a steering wheel restoration site! I recognized it immediately. For the parking light housings, I've still not located the rechromed pair even though I came across them the last time I was here. Here is what I found so far and I have lots of other 1953-1954 brightwork, such as the grill wrap-arounds, as well. Pair of Usable Reflectors Very Nice Left (driver's side) Housing Pair of Housings Needing Restoration I'll keep looking and post if I find the others but I am beginning to suspect that the pair I was saving for my own car may be them. One of my Patricians has the complete grill but the other has no grill at all so as I find pieces for it, I set them aside but after a massive parts move from California to Oregon a decade ago, things are still out of order!

It turns out that the two columns you showed are for 1967, not 1966, which I should have realized by the dash which is clearly not 1966. I don't know if the 1966 and 1967 columns are different other than the design of the knobs and wheel itself so perhaps someone reading this knows and can tell me! I discovered that I already have one in good condition from a 1967 but without pulling out my old one, it's difficult to know how different they are. Looking at the Imperial parts book, one obvious difference is that the '65 and '66 both have the turn signal switch at the base of the column and actuated by a cable from the lever while it is integrated in the '67 and later. The '67 also has the added safety feature of being crushable in the event of an accident while the earlier columns were solid.

I got to my Oregon shop today and so far have made only a quick look and found a number of 1953-1954 parking light housing and even some reflectors that I didn't know I had. One pair of housings goes to one of my cars so, of course, it's not for sale. However, there is another pair that needs minor repair but somewhere I have a rechromed pair that might suit your needs even better although I haven't located it yet. I even found an NOS pair of reflectors that I apparently bought for one of my Patricians but I sure don't recall buying them so it was a surprise to me! On the grill horizontal bar, unfortunately the bar that I was sure I had for a junior is actually for a senior so won't help you even though it's in good condition.

Here are the photos and note that the material used is small - about 3/16" square - and is just mild steel. Something like a socket can be slipped over it as shown to make a tapper that should help with even the most stuck wedge. I no longer have precision measuring tools but you should be able to figure it closely enough out by looking at your ornament.

I used square bar stock of a size that would just fit in between the tangs where the wedge is, then milled a notch that was the width of length of the wedge. I then bent the other end if the bar stock 90 degrees to form a handle. If the wedge is stuck, tapping the handle is enough to break it free. I am actually going to my Oregon shop tomorrow and can take a photo of it once I get settled in and have found it.

Great to meet you yesterday in Sonora and thank you for making these columns available to view! Good timing that I was driving nearby anyway and we had a nice scenic drive afterward to our destination in Arnold. I wish we could have come up with a price for both that included shipping as neither by itself is usable without extensive restoration so perhaps my best bet will be to look for a complete car once I'm sure that I can even install a 1966 column into a 1965 LeBaron.

Thank you for the great photos! It was difficult to tell but it appeared that the steering wheel was better on the second one than on the other but the center emblem is missing on both. The emblem by itself, though, might be easier to locate than the entire column. One thing I didn't see in the photos for the second column was the tilt handle. Is it there or is it missing, or broken off? I wrote to you directly last week to get the price with shipping so if you can let me know what that would be for one and for both, I would appreciate it. Probably not necessary to see it but if I decide I need to, I mentioned that I will be going through your area twice in the next couple weeks and I just realized that both times will be on a Saturday so can you let me know if you're available on either of those days? One is the 27th of this month; the other is the 3rd of September which is a holiday weekend. Thanks again!

Okay Dave, that's understandable but I'll wait until you find if you have another before deciding. In the meantime, I'll email you directly so that we can discuss price. Do you have sheet metal parts such as front clips or perhaps the instrument cluster housing in case I need it?

Thank you for the photos! Since I do not have one at all, this might be better than nothing especially as it's the proper color but I prefer to have one complete so please do let me know if you find another. No rush although, as I mentioned, I will probably be going through there in a week or two. Can you also check to see if you have the linkages to the transmission? I see that the pointer is apparently physically attached to the column while mine is on a small cable. Do you suppose I can use this '66 set up with my '65 instrument cluster or will I need to replace the cluster too? By the way, as I recall, the center is not the horn button as those are in the spokes.

Congratulation on your move! I went through that about ten years ago will all my cars, and parts so I know how difficult it can be. I was also there for close to 30 years but had a very tight deadline for the move as I had sold the property and originally had only 60 days to vacate with I thought was tight but escrow took so long to close that it left me with only 45 days. I'm looking forward to seeing the photos and coincidentally I'll probably be going through Sonora in a couple weeks but in a car which, even empty which it won't be, would be too small to carry it. My shop, though, is in central Oregon so I'll have to figure out how to get it up there! I'll also have to change the transmission since I'm converting a '65 LeBaron from the awful cable shifter to linkages and also need to be able to adjust the steering wheel a bit closer which the current tilt-only cannot do.

Does anyone have a complete tilt and telescope steering column with wheel, shifter and pointer and all linkages to transmission in good condition? Black or black and white wheel preferred but others considered if priced right for condition. Attached is a photo for reference.

I'll definitely take photos of anything I find and no chance of mixing up the years as I know 1951-1954 Packards inside and out. The parking lights you need are the same for all models and bodies of 1953 and 1954 Packard and Clipper. I know I don't have a spare center bar for the grill of a senior model but I might have one that you need without the waterfall holes for a Clipper but I'm not sure so I'll check that too when I'm next there at the shop. However, none of these parts should be difficult to find so if someone else has them for you, don't hesitate to get them!

I have lots of parts but, as it's a hobby rather than a business, only a fraction of them are listed. I do have a very nice pair of housings that were apparently rechromed at some point but the reason I haven't listed them is that I also have two 1954 Packard Patricians and any time I sell a part for one, I end up having to buy another later and usually at a higher price! That said and if I have spares, I may be willing to sell them and probably also have some used ones so if you're not in a rush I can check the next time I'm there. Either way, the reflectors, if I have them, will be used and in need if restoration and I know I don't have the lenses but I believe that reproductions are available elsewhere, or they were a few years ago.

The California Highway Patrol no longer makes house calls. Sometimes you can flag down a local police officer but even they will more likely than not refuse to do it so taking the vehicle to the DMV or Highway Patrol, or calling a mobile VIN Verifier are the only ways. Of course, the first two choices would not work for a vehicle stored out of state such as mine and having a mobile VIN Verifier do it was far too expensive. You can also save a lot of time by NOT telling the DMV that you lost the title (pink slip). Instead, download and fill the appropriate forms, write a check for the fees (there is a fee chart on the DMV Web site) and mail them in. It might take up up to 60 days but unless you're in a real rush, it saves much hassle. If you are in a rush, fill the application for replacement title, make an appointment, then bring it into the DMV. To register, you'll also need to fill the forms for that and to get plates, another form might be needed but the bottom line is to fill the forms in advance. Be sure to also ask for a month sticker too as it's not automatically sent or given.

I'm heading to my workshop again on June 23th to around July 3rd, 2018 so be sure to let me know what you need! I also have 1964-1968u Imperial parts. These are all parts that were bought as spares for the many Packard I owned and from several cars that I parted out. The parts range from 1939 to 1956 but mostly in the 1951 to 1954 era although I do have a few older parts too. I have very few early postwar parts before 1951 but there are some and I also have some NOS parts that either came as part of an old dealer's stock that I bought decades ago or were parts that I bought for my own cars but never used. A number of parts are specific to Henney-Packards too. Just look at the classified ads on my Packard / IMPERIAL page linked below for details and use the site's search engine to find what you need.

Does anyone have the Operation's Manual's chapter and section with this information, or can it be quoted here for future reference?

Now that I think of it, my 1939 Six did have a 1940 110 engine but it definitely had the heat shield under the Stromberg carburetor. It was the very heat shield in the photo I posted.

The fuel pump heat shield looks like those that my '50s various Packards have so I doubt it changed much over the years. My 1939 Six also had the carburetor heat shield that Dave mentioned and here is a photo but I don't recall what the small holes to the side where for as mine had nothing there. Perhaps there was a choke control at one point. This was made of relatively heavy stamped steel, not simply sheet metal.

I did ask him if he meant dealer license and he said no and he does not sell cars but has an impressive collection. I'm a California native and have been around old cars, especially Packards, since the mid-'60s when I was a teenager and bought my first Packard and had never heard of it either. I just wanted to be sure so thank you for the input!

Thank you and yes, I know as I've searched too, which is why I asked here. No, no plates as the cars themselves had nothing to do with it. It was apparently some kind of license or permit for the person, not for the cars, which I gathered was something like a dealer license but only for collectable cars. Perhaps it was only a local use permit of the building but it wasn't clear and I was not in a position to ask although he did imply that it was state (I presumed DMV) issued.

As a California mobile VIN verifier, recently I verified a number of vintage cars that were recently purchased as part of a larger private collection. He had several '30s Rolls-Royce, Stutz, Lincoln, Packard along with some '60s and '70s collectables as well. The owner of these cars said that he had a car collector license or permit of some sort, through the DMV. He wasn't referring to historic vehicle license plates either. Has anyone heard of this and would does it entail? What would one gain by having it? He implied that it had something to do with taxes but I wasn't in a position to be nosy by asking him and he did not volunteer more information!

All good information but I found the above especially interesting as it would make my newest car, a 1992 Nissan 240SX Special Edition Convertible, qualify as only 2327 were built and not necessarily all sold in California although I imagine that most were. My own '50s and '60s vintage cars had long ago fallen from the DMV database due to changes in the non-op rule which, for a time some years ago, had to be renewed annually and as I had moved twice and thought my cars had non-ops (which they did when I moved), the DMV in their infinite wisdom deleted them from the database. It wasn't until recently that I discovered the issue so have had to take the necessary steps of having them all VIN verified and applications submitted for the non-ops. A difficult, time-consuming and expensive process, especially considering that they are stored in my Oregon workshop. Since I'm a California resident, Oregon won't let me register them there either so keeping the California titles is apparently the only way unless I want to somehow get dual "citizenship" for the two states! It was part of the reason that I became a VIN verifier myself and through the application process every DMV person I spoke with said, sure, no problem with verifying my own cars. Guess what? Now that I am licensed they tell me that I cannot do so as it's apparently a conflict of interest even though I already have titles in my own name.

Thank you to all who have responded. I also thought of doing it myself and may end up doing it if it's the only way. I'm a rather oddball car collector who loves having cars but hates driving, especially as I had a serious head injury some years ago that makes me not trust my driving due to dizzy spells and loss of memory. In any event, I'm not sure if this would fit into the back of a pickup, which I would have to rent, then return in Oregon. Terrebonne in the High Desert of Central Oregon is so very rural that there are no rentals anywhere near. That is, there are uHauls in nearby Redmond and Bend but they are small mom-and-pop or side operations that, the last I checked, had hefty one-way fees.

Unfortunately this part is far too large to strap to a pallet even if I were the one shipping it, which I am not. I am actually in between in San Jose, CA trying to get it shipped from the wrecker near Riverside to my Oregon shop so it will be a "loose" part that would have to be picked up at the location. I have not yet tried uShip as I prefer to go by referral but will try if all else fails so I thought I would post here first before going that route.