Re: Question on my 1937 Twelve's Engine Number

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/5/4 15:12:48

Ian, your question really got my curiosity up, I checked with two sources I thought had the best chance of finding something

1. Checked with the engine restoration shop that has probably rebuilt/serviced more Packard Twelves than anyone else. He had no documentation of the suffix, had never taken notice of one (though that doesn't mean one didn't pass thru his shop), and had never found under- or over-sized components in an otherwise unmolested Packard engine.

2. Checked with a major historian who has a massive collection of original Packard service information including most if not all the service letter and other service documents for the 36-39 era. He searched and found nothing related to an engine# suffix for a Twelve.

So I guess for now it remains a mystery.