Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2010/7/5 15:39:03

Hank,

Don't give me too much credit for knowing anything. The story I told about the Dodge was true, but the intention behind the work on that car was just strictly "git 'er done." I do know that Packard was pretty darn proud of the valves they put in these engines (on one of your pics, it looks like they have the Packard script embossed on them). People literally have baskets of old Dodge flathead valves laying around, and we were just having fun putting the "original" back in after we wrenched it out. I hope you don't run across any badly stuck ones... they can be a bear.

As for whether to keep an old valve in--listen only to the experts, here and elsewhere. I don't know jack, most of the time, and try to indicate so to avoid confusion. But I confess that some things I do know, and am pretty particular about, as you may have noticed.

Good going on your steady work. But is it ever hot out! I think the temp here is at least 95, with a dewpoint of 94 and relative humidity of about 99%. Just beautiful.

Hope y'all had a happy 4th!