Re: BigKev's 1937 115-C Convertible Coupe

Posted by HH56 On 2023/1/6 13:51:14

I must agree on the literature. You mention Jaguar as good. I have some Rolls Royce and GM product books, some Ford and also some Studebaker which are also fairly good. By no means have I seen all makes of documentation so cannot say if any are worse than Packard but Packard service literature did leave a whole lot to be desired in supplying detailed information.

Prewar both parts and service info is really bad and not until the 51 models did they have anything much better. The 51 service manual did at least raise the bar off the floor but still nowhere near detailed for any but experienced mechanics. I read in one of the Packard articles they only upped the game because so many old guys were gone and younger guys were coming on board after the war and had no clue about how Packard did things. Even with better factory manuals, some of the Chilton and Motors manuals did even more in detailing how something Packard used actually worked or how to disassemble and repair it.