Hi

Although the 1937-'38 320 ci straight eights are largely the same, the 1939 320 ci straight eight was significantly revised to fit into the 120 chassis to create the new Super 8. It is a one-year engine because it was replaced for 1940 by the new monobloc 356 ci straight eight in the 160 and 180.

Apparently the 1939 320 wasn't quite as robust as the prior version. There is a Service Bulletin for dealer garages detailing how to replace that engine with a postwar 327 service engine for customers.

While we're purist now, back in the era when these were used cars, keeping an otherwise good car with a tired engine on the road was the only consideration.

Steve

Kevin:

I have that same sound when I start my '53 Clipper Deluxe, same 327 as your car. It never seems to be any louder and always mostly quiets down once it's warmed up, just a minor bit of that sound remains. Unless someone more knowledgeable weighs in, I doubt if its anything to worry about.

We're all so used to new cars having every trace of mechanical din silenced out or deadened, we forget cars then weren't that way.

Steve

Mark

Here is another example of a 23rd Series Super Eight that would be an excellent choice for a Packard you can enjoy immediately:
https://forums.aaca.org/topic/370328-for-sale-%C2%A01950-packard-super-4dr-sedan-series-23-woverdrive-14500-ashland-mo-not-mine-price-reduced-to-13500-january-2022-better-new-photos/#comment-2317074

Unless you have the skills and facilities to perform the restoration work necessary and the time to do so, buying an example such as this is far more cost-effective now. Good luck with your search.

Steve

A '50 Super with OD. ready to proudly enjoy:
https://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/d/ashland-1950-packard-series-23-overdrive/7427976947.html

Here's the AACA Forum thread for this Packard with photos:
https://forums.aaca.org/topic/370328-for-sale-%C2%A01950-packard-super-4dr-sedan-series-23-woverdrive-14500-ashland-mo-not-mine-price-reduced-to-13500-january-2022-better-new-photos/#comment-2317074

A '48 Custom Eight 2dr club sedan, good project start, one of 790 22nd Series production run:
https://columbus.craigslist.org/ctd/d/dublin-1948-packard-custom-2-door-club/7429461858.html

A '52 200 club sedan, manual shift, project:
https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/pleasant-view-1952-packard/7427355835.html

Steve

Added 1-11-2022
A '53 Patrician weathered parts car:
https://rochester.craigslist.org/cto/d/phelps-packard-1953-patrician/7430223482.html

Via the AACA Forum, A '56 Clipper Deluxe, nicely preserved original:
https://forums.aaca.org/topic/373215-for-sale-1956-packard-clipper-deluxe-true-survivor-all-original-excellent-shape-naperville-il-not-mine/#comment-2317814

Just when one despairs there are no reasonably priced Packards are for sale.

https://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/d/tucson-1947-packard/7427521497.html
1947 PACKARD DELUXE CLIPPER. RUNS AND DRIVES STRAIGHT 8 CYLINDERS, 3 SPEED STANDARD TRANS. HAS SOME SURFACE RUST BUT BODY IS SOLID. ALL ORIGINAL $ 2500. MILEAGE UNKNOWN
TEXT MESSAGE ME AND THEN WE CAN TALK BY PHONE
I DONT ANSWER CALLS I DONT RECOGNISE
DAVE 520 400 ONE FIVE THREE SIX

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Great Job! Much more engaging and enjoyable!

Steve

Yes! To a better, healthier, more prosperous, enjoyable year to all PackardInfo participants.

And major thanks to Big Kev for providing and maintaining this wonderful civil refuge for Packard enthusiasts worldwide. The 'Donate' button is easy to use too...

Steve

Speaking of poor photos to sell a car, can anyone figure out what is going on with this 1953 Cavalier for sale:
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/seattle-packard/7424535027.html

A '40 120 coupe project, extremely optimistically priced:
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/d/watsonville-1940-packard-coupe/7425215600.html

Steve

This image was posted on the AACA Forum.
Although this is obviously a staged promotion image for the 1918-1919 Packard Twin-Six Landaulet, it illustrates a genteel social custom of the era, namely "taking the air".   Since the horse-drawn carriage days, the upper social classes would dress in their finery, be chauffeured in their elegant carriages through the parks and parkways enjoying the pleasant weather.  Of course, it was on view both for their own class and to the envy of those who weren't.    When one could afford a $6,000 motorcar then, one wanted others to recognize that.

Steve

Added 1-1-2022
Here is a look at a 1906 Packard Model S in daily use in Newago, Michigan.

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Merry Christmas to all and a big-thanks to-Big Kev for all he does to maintain this wonderful civil refuge for Packard enthusiasts worldwide.

Charlie Brown vowed to not let all this commercialization spoil his Christmas and neither should we.

Steve

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