Re: Brian's 1956 Packard Clipper

Posted by Brian Wilson On 2019/6/15 20:59:26

Thanks Ross

Yes, in fairness everything you say is true. I'm tainted by having owned a postwar English car with vacuum wipers, which were indeed very quiet. Especially when they weren't working which was most of the time. Others obviously fared better with them and they were used for quite a while after the war.

I'd say it's well established that the oil pump on the Packard V8s had some design problems, but it's true that it's still not clear exactly what they were. The pump in my Clipper now is the Packards International version of a fix, which seems not to have solved the problem.

It has also become apparent that there were shortcomings in the design of the Packard V8 heads. Perhaps due to the inlet and exhaust ports being too close together? Whatever the case, many have failed and been replaced.

Thanks for keeping the record straight.

Cheers Brian