Re: 53 patrician 327 into a 38 with manual tranny?

Posted by Peter Packard On 2010/2/23 5:30:52

g'day all, good news and bad news,
Well to start with, Peter Packard has the Tech instruction but it was faxed on thermal paper in 1991 and has gone white ( I shall try to iron it, which is apparently the cure ) Other good news is that the Tech instruction also covers fitting the later Sixes back to 115C. I actually collected the originals in 1975 and have asked John King from the Victorian Region ( a mate of Pepe -Fred Dosser) to fax me a new copy. the procedure was promulgated in a letter from the Packard Export Division on 23 November 1949 "to all Distributors" and was in conjunction with Service Letter 49/34 dated July 19, 1949 . "with the installation of the 288 engine for replacement purposes on the Right hand drive clipper and older models to and including the 1601 models". I may have been incorrect in taking it back to the 1936 models, but I recall some historicaol dialogue on it and it could be done. Best Regards Peter Toet.