Re: 433 skinner rectifier information needed

Posted by JWL On 2016/9/7 9:30:17

There is an interesting story about Packards and their oil rectifier systems I would like to share.

The Fred Harvey Hotel company had a series of hotels along the AT&SF railway line in the western part of the US in the early part of the 20th century. There was a growing tourist business at that time in New Mexico and Arizona. A touring company, Indian Detours Line, was established to take tourists from the hotels to points of interest.

Initially, the company bought Packard touring cars as their transportation vehicles. I believe they were the 1929 models. Most of the driving was over unpaved roads into rural areas where the pueblos and sites were located. The Packards did not do well in this dusty environment. More frequent oil changes were necessary, but even with the increased maintenance, engines wore out prematurely because of contaminated oil.

The company switched to Cadillacs which had a conventional oil filtering system. Packard later went to the Purolator filter system, but it was too late to recapture the touring company business.

There was an article in a CCCA bulletin a couple of years ago about the Indian Detours Company and the cars they used.

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