Restorer32 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Intake manifold color? Steering column color where visible inside car? What woodgrain pattern on dash? Restoring the apparently only surviving 1942 Packard Civil Defense ambulance, obviously in rough condition. Thanks folks! Edited December 9, 2019 by Restorer32 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Sounds like a license to do whatever looks good or whatever you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Hoping to do it as original if we can get more info but sometimes you just have to wing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Did you try the professional car society? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Hard to say what dash woodgrain would look like on the commercial vehicle. Steering column should be the same color as the heater color. Kind of a tanish brown color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superior1980 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Surfing the internet discovered photos on Flickr of a 1942 civilian Packard ambulance that apparently was at a car show in California in 2012. The photo album is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmentd1/albums/72157629909167707 Specifically, these two photos might be of interest: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmentd1/7117706683/in/album-72157629909167707/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmentd1/6971627756/in/album-72157629909167707/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Woodgrain also depends on the model. The car in Superior's post above looks to be based on a 120, and the woodgrain appears to be original. A Senior 1942 Packard normally had chrome around the windshield, and also chrome on the upper portion of the steering column. However, the color of the steering column looks to be correct, and would follow all the way to the steering box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 This ambulance is on a 120 Chassis. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 On 12/9/2019 at 7:06 AM, Restorer32 said: Intake manifold color? Steering column color where visible inside car? What woodgrain pattern on dash? Restoring the apparently only surviving 1942 Packard Civil Defense ambulance, obviously in rough condition. Thanks folks! When I did the 1941 Packard 110 Military car - it had a woodgrained dash and I believe a brown steering column (perhaps a light pearl finish or fine metallic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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