It really depends on the year in which you are installing it. A pre-1951 engine would not have the mount area cast into it if installing in a 1951 or later car. On the other hand, if installing a 1951 or later engine into a pre-1951, the pre-1951’s front plate and engine mount would have to be used.

For your in stance, it would not work as it would have no mounts.

They are Checker cabs.

They never called it a swan as I know but here on the California coast where I live, great numbers of cormorants can be seen sunning themselves on rocks and they often do so holding their wings high just as we see on the ornament. We see pelicans too but if they sun the same way, I’ve not seen them do it.

Whether urban myth or not, I had read that it was Earle C Anthony who first used the term cormorant while in Detroit and the name stuck.

Thank you, Kev! I don’t recall ever seeing one on any of my Packards so never thought to look in the parts book.

To the question of identifying the governor and its gear, Fred at Max Merritt sent me this based on my photo with notes clarifying which is which. As I had surmised, the one on the left is not Packard but it has a nice boot and single wire so I may use it with the proper gear! I can always swap it out later if it doesn’t work properly and/or when I find the NOS one I have somewhere. The Henneys used the 1950 R11 but with no need for the governor’s second wire which was for Electromatic Clutch

Fred’s notes are used here with his permission.

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I also used them on the aluminum head of my 1954 Patrician for the thermostat housing and with the proper gasket, no leaks at all.

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This is one of the few areas where they are the same although I never heard of a bellcrank being called an idler!

Are you simply looking for cores or good usable pumps?

As Howard said, heat shouldn't hurt it but it also should not be necessary if everything is clean and burr-free, especially the key. Once you can get the gear to go on by itself, then the gear and chain assembly should slide right on. Also make sure that the key is fully seated and not hitting the top of the slot.

I would be more inclined to clean with some light oil and fine steel wool than using an abrasive which could conceivably get into the engine.

I'm trying to make sure I have the cotter pins, spring and flat washers needed to connect the shift linkages to the transmission without having to dig through boxes of unsorted parts but I am a bit confused by the parts book. What is the idler lever end? Is that at the column? If so, then why both 3/8" and 5/16"? 5/16" seems more like it for the transmission levers so isn't there just one spring washer and one flat washer on each or are there two flat washers on each with the spring washer in between?

WASHER 5/16, TRANSMISSI0N END
WASHER 5/16, IDLER LEVER END
SPRING WASHER 3/8, TRANS END
SPRING WASHER 3/8, IDLER LEVER ENDS
SPRING WASHER 5/16, TRANS END