Re: 1939 Packard engine numbers

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/3/4 16:56:17

Are you perhaps getting suffixes and prefixes mixed up? The "A" prefix (comes before) denotes a 16th series engine. "B" is 17th series, this pattern following all the way to 1954. Yes, I agree that AXXXXXB is a 1938 engine with forged camshaft.