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Quote:Steve didn't do the conversion. Supposedly, the first owner had the dealer do it.

jack vines

Quote:Steve didn't do the conversion. Supposedly, the first owner had the dealer do it.

jack vines

In August 2008 I drove a nice 1956 400 that had been converted to manual shift with overdrive. Do not recall any problems of interference with the clutch and power brake pedals. I do recall that it would move. The car was in a small town in the Central Valley of California. I forget the name. The owner was needing to sell it because of a pending layoff. He was a pilot for UPS. Nice guy facing some difficult times. I often wonder what happened to he and his family and that Packard.

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have info on std car,

cal at custom auto knew the guy,,he is still around, lives in corona,,he is in the 2007 pi roster.,,

his name was in glove box,,,with pack pi card, must of showed at a pi meet. and there was a custom auto paper stating how to care for the car no, date on it..

also ,,on the carib, with std,,,cal sold it to steve williams,,,which that car is in ohio.


i am thinking painting it, 3 tone,,,phaeton color theme.
paint the stainless red,

might do that to my 400 too.

will have to pull the heads, poured diesel fuel down intake manifold, came out oil pan,,

guess i will up grade oil pump too,, maybe melling,, or my one piece shaft. for pack pump,

looks like when the std trans was put in, they put in a 56 exc. engine,,,,,\

first 4 numbers on block,,,5642,,,,,,should say 5682.

Same CID as the Exec but the 5642 came from a Clipper Super. Exec would be a 5672 or 5677. Clipper Super had a 2 barrel instead of the Exec 4 barrel.

thanks, h, going off the parts book, it showed clipper,,and said same as,,,so it is the clipper super. they mean

it has 4 barrel carb

4 inch bore?,,,