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The ad in the November issue of the Cormorant News Bulletin reads:

"To order your 76 minute DVD, send $27.95 post paid to: R.K. Publishing - 621 Cascade Court - Golden, CO 80403-1581"

I bought a copy for myself and copies for my three brothers as Christmas presents. As O_D said, it is worth having. I recommend it too. An item for the Packard Bookshelf, why not?

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Mal, as a dear friend once said to me about people reaching a certain age: "What hasn't dried up, leaks." I guess this applies to old Packards too. Take care.

Kevin, keep noticing the old New Mexico Balloon license plates in your photos. An ex-Land of Enchantmenter?

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Bowman, the newer type longer spark plug wire brackets, like you are describing, were installed to reduce cross firing or induction firing between spark plug wires, especially for those cylinders that fired one after the other on the same bank. Droop or drop was not the reason. Also, some solid spark plug wire is TV Radio Suppression type (TVRS). You should be able to fix or replace your coil high tension wire and be good to go. You can easily check to see if you have suppression type wiring by measuring the resistance with an Ohm meter. Non-suppression will show very little resistance, but TVRS will show 10-20k Ohms.

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DanL, that is correct, the '41 Clipper used the 120 engine. From what I can determine it was the availability of better quality gasoline after the War that allowed an increase in compression ratio and a resulting bump in b.h.p. Thanks for your comments.

I have a 115C and it has a smooth and powerful engine. Like its 8-cylinder siblings it is a long stroke, low speed, high torque engine. It will pull smoothly in high gear from 10 mph up to cruising speed. I usually cruise around 50 mph due to the high numerical rear end ratio.

The 257/282 cu. in. 8-cylinder engines were the basis for the 237/245 cu. in. 6-cylinder engines. The 257/282 came first.

I don't have torque specifications. These would add interest to the comparison.

I believe that 1948 was the last year the six was offered in a Packard, but they continued to power White trucks for years after that. They like their 8 cylinder siblings had marine applications too.

Attached is a table I put together comparing the six to its eight cylinder siblings. Please feel free to criticize or point out any errors I have made. After all, it is all about getting the correct information posted.

Edit: I revised the table to include B.H.P. per cylinder.

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You might try The Brillman Company, 2328 Pepper Rd., Mt. Jackson, VA 22842-2445, 888-274-5562 (toll free), 540-477-2980 (fax). I bought a set of spark plug wires for my 115C from them and was fully satisfied. I believe he also sells vintage primary wire and terminals.

Edit: I just check their catalog and there is no listing for V-8 spark plug wire sets. They do offer a wide variety of auto electrical parts including alternators, Pertronix, tune-up parts (points, plugs, condensers, etc.).

Bowman & BdeB, yes that is the one I bought. Works great. Mal and Wade are you watching?

clipper47, here is a photo of one of the tires. They are Firestone Deluxe Champion, 7.00x15, tube type. The white wall width is 4" including a 1/2" wide curb strip on the outside edge. The spare has never been on the ground. I estimate they were installed on the car in the mid-1980s. They look great, but are unsafe at any speed. You can see how these tire look on the car on my registry site. Wider is better.

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