The parts with the Packard in it.

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HH,

That is a pretty slick idea. I'll stop by staples or office depot on the way home and see if they have one. Of course, it will probably be the only time I ever use it.

Thanks!

I stripped and painted the valve covers. I am wondering how to go about painting the raised "Packard" script on them.

Has anyone done tackled this themselves? If you have, any ideas?

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I love it. A tow hitch on a Caribbean.

Thanks Kevin!

I hope to one day have my packard as beautiful as yours. (I doubt I can)

As for the White Engine block, I agree. It is beautiful and striking to see. But keeping it white is the problem I have. An Engine bay isn't he easiest place to keep sparking clean.

After a long hiatus from working on the Packard (Due to other projects) I picked up where I left off. Armed with 7 different wire wheel attachments, tooth brushes, q-tips, and a few gallons of engine degreaser, I set out to I scrub off decades of engine grime and got the engine clean enough for the Bill Hirsch Packard Ivory Paint.

Getting it clean enough was a real chore. I must say I am impressed with the quality of the Bill Hirsch engine enamel products. It did run in one place, but I got it fixed before it dried. I let it cure for 5 days, and then just for fun set the intake, water pump, and exhaust manifolds back onto it and hand tightened them on.

Who at Packard came up with the bright idea to paint '55 Packard Engines Ivory White?

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I appreciate all the effort of those who are working on and finding alternatives to factory original mechanisms on these Packards. If Packard had survived, they probably would have worked out a lot of the problems that only time would have revealed. Examples: Oil pump/BTV/Tranny problems.

Expecting a supplier to make an alternative booster/master to fit the '55-'56 Packard is probably not feasible. There just aren't enough out there to justify the tooling costs and expect to be able to sell one at a reasonable price afterward.

I think the '79 Chevy Pedal & Booster set up looks good. A little mod of the pedal arm might be in order but still looks to be a great alternative for someone who doesn't think non original parts are blasphemy.

Finding alternative parts for Packards is not a knock on Packard engineering or their ability to work well. In my case it is more economically feasible to use this set up, then to rebuild a BTV every couple of years.

I come back empty handed. The closes thing I could find in the local reliable junkyards were a couple of '78 Cutlass. They were different.

I will have to branch out to other yards farther away. It's too rainy here anyways.

Thanks for this!

I have been itching to go junkyarding. I am going to go out and get this set up yarded out of a 79 impala today.