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The car is a 1948 to 1950 hearse or ambulance as modified by Henney.
To answer your original question, the engine might be worth a couple of hundred dollars as a core for rebuilding if it is the original 9 main bearing 356 cubic inch type. The fan pictured is for a 356, however the cylinder head is from a 327 cubic inch motor which is most likely a later 5 main bearing type and relatively common. The engine number will be very hard to get since it is on the drivers side so now on the bottom side of the block with the car tipped over. The front bumper might have some value, also the grille pieces if the chromed pot metal is not pitted too much
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The gas and brake lines should be steel, not copper.
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Yes it is. It just needs to be drilled and tapped 1/4-28 for the grease nipple (assuming that the original type of grease nipple is used) Sorry about the poor picture quality for the plug. Attach file:  (53.58 KB) (104.32 KB)
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The diameter should be 1-5/16" (33.4 mm)
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That's not wear. The factory machined it that way.
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The 1951 version does have the same mounting arrangement and electrical resistance unit. The only difference is that the float arm is about 1/4" shorter.
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Our City has had the good fortune of hosting one of two WWII Lancaster bombers that are still in flying condition for the last week. The sound of four Packard Merlin engines roaring overhead is a special experience.
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Re: Replacing standard gearbox with an overdrive gearbox 1948 22nd Series
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The overdrive transmission is a bolt-in. Other parts that go with it are the lockout cable, governor and relay. The lockout cable is unique and has a bracket with a switch that mounts under the instrument board. The governor is installed on the overdrive unit and the relay goes on the engine compartment side of the firewall. Driveshaft will need to be shortened.
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Well, if you're that far along then there's no need to remove or loosen the dash. The new wiring harness must be a lot more flexible than the original ones. Any that I've seen have been very stiff. Good luck and let us know how you make out.
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How are you doing the wiring replacement? Did you buy a reproduction wiring Harness? If so, then I think it would be very difficult to get the harness through the opening in the firewall due to its thickness and the way it branches off at a right angle inside the car (behind the dash) My preference would be to remove the dash from the car and connect the new wiring to the controls and instruments where they are easy to get at and then feed the engine compartment harness through the opening in the firewall. I believe that is how the factory did it.
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