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PackardV8 wrote:
Something else to consider might be to adapt a more modern trans, 4sp OD or 5 speed trans to the engine. platform. Definately keep the changes minimal especialy without butchering any of the OEM platform.
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Would I be correct if I assume "Packard V8" has never seen a pre-war "Senior" transmission?
( hint - what we call a "bell housing" is, on pre war Senior Packards, cast as part of the transmission case - ONE PIECE ! ) With the transmission of a pre-war "Senior" Packard out of the car, there is NO bell housing at ALL - no way to use an adapter to attach a modern transmission.
And why do that ? For those of us who have driven pre-war Packard "Seniors" with properly maintained transmissions....honestly...have you ever operated a "sweeter" more "slick", more smoothly shifted one..?
Owen obviously has some experience with pre-war Senior Packards - so LISTEN to him, Tom.....( perhaps Owen has not QUITE as much as me...I suspect I was owning, driving, and working on them years before Owen graced this planet with his presence......! )
Bottom line...Tom...LISTEN TO OWEN !
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