Re: Hi all...new guy here with some transmission questions

Posted by mendocino38 On 2013/4/25 8:37:48

Good Morning everyone...

Thanks for all the good info. I'm very attracted to having the ease of an automatic, but hate to cut to cut cross members or anything...which it sounds like I would have to do if I do anything other than Packard.

Hmmm...decisions. I have a very good condition R11 with top loader and all of the pieces to activate the o/d. The fella I bought it from was a former electrical engineer in the Navy. He drew up a diagram of how to run the circuits, etc. Sounds like this is no doubt the easiest option for highway speeds.

I'll check into the 4L60E...tougher and automatic. I don't mind converting to 12v. In fact Uncommon Engineering makes a 12v one wire alternator that uses the body of an Autolite generator. Very Cool. I used one in my Hudson. That of course allows for cell phone charging and all the modern niceties.

Finally, I think the Packard Six is the perfect car for making these types of changes to. It's dressed down, affordable, but still built well and maintains plenty of Packard grace.

thanks again for the tips and advice.

-Erik