Re: 1932 Packard 902 Club Sedan - Chassis & engine #

Posted by Tim Cole On 2022/8/25 9:59:18

Let's suppose the car started out as a ninth series prototype on a seventh series chassis. Supposedly the experimental inline twelve was re-engined and shipped overseas. Packard used the Canadian facility to take advantage of the favorable duties. How many of the seventh series parts are interchangeable? Not a lot. We did prototype conversions of engineering cars and the cars were gutted and all the parts replaced. I never understood the accounting logic because it would have been much cheaper to scrap the stuff. Can the knee action shocks be installed on a seven series chassis? Yes, but the chassis needs to be modified because of the Bijur. The photographic record is loaded with period made cosmetic upgrades from one series to the next, but the upgrades for a prototype will show all over the place. Virtually every part on the car was changed from the seventh to the ninth series closed bodies. Anyway, export models were going through Canada and if the car started out as a prototype build that also is a good place to send it for conversion. And were left hand drive cars going through Canada? Yes.