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

Posted by Ozstatman On 2010/2/23 17:15:10
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Peter Packard wrote:.......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"........
Peter,

Interesting that this procedure originated from the Export Division. Was it also promulgated in the domestic US market? If not, this leads me to think there might be other specific "procedures" for export Packards. And from there, are there other letters or service letters for export models which may contain other gems of Packard wisdom?

EDIT - On further reflection, with Packard promoting this "engine swap" does this mean that early Packards with later Packard engines will now be viewed as kosher?

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