'42 Packard

[Restorer32]

Can someone please post a pic or 2 of the external door handles on a 1942 Packard ?  We are restoring a '42 Packard Civil Defense ambulance and need to find a pair of handles.  This is on a 120 chassis but had some 160 trim bits as well.

[bryankazmer]

here's quick, bad shot of the 41 160 handles.  I can get a better shot later if needed

[Restorer32]

Thanks.  I wonder if the '42 handles differ.  The ones with the car, which are broken and unusabel are different.  I will post a pic of what we have.

[bryankazmer]

The Junior handles have some styling grooves, I believe.  I doubt if the 41 and 42 handles differ , but there are some areas of subtly different trim for 41 vs 42 so can't say for sure.  In any case I'd be confident they could interchange as they would use the same Budd doors on the factory stuff.  If you are working on a Henney the mix of Junior and Senior trim is not uncommon.  Henney sidemounts use a different cover with more visible hardware but easier operation (that doesn't take much).

[Restorer32]

Here is what we have.  If this is correct for a '42 we can use it but we still need a non locking handle to match.

[bryankazmer]

I've not seen that style before