Re: Randy Berger's 1956 Caribbean

Posted by BH On 2009/9/18 12:26:36

The parts book isn't always clear on (but the devil is always in) the details.

Yet, keep in mind that I've worked - on and off - for years as a GM parts man (and helped develop an extensive parts X-ref for the CVOA), but "cut my teeth" on the 1955-56 Packard parts book before that.

Now, parts price lists were published and updated separately from the parts book/catalog[/i], and I wondered if the missing entry for P/N 472129 could have been an oversight in the edition you have. So, I checked a few price lists I have for:

Packard (only) Parts, rev. July 1, 1956
S-P (combined) Parts & Accessories, eff. March 1, 1957
S-P (combined) Parts & Accessories, eff. January 1, 1966

...and found no listng for 472129 in any of them. Curiouser and curioser.

It's hard to imagine that part was discontinued so early. If it was replaced by another P/N, it doesn't turn up in the Numerical Index of the parts book. The answer will require a lot more sleuthing.