Re: 41 clipper with tunderbolt conversion

Posted by Peter Packard On 2011/7/28 23:20:56

G'day all, I have successfully installed a few 327 engines into pre-war junior packards and the basic instruction is detailed in Packard Literature and manuals No 54. I only have the RHD version of the letters but there would have been a LHD instruction as well. Basically the firewall is pushed in, the gearbox cross member is altered to shift the gearbox mounts rearward, and the front of the engine is raised by blocks on the front cross member to clear the fuel pump from Chassis interference. You also need a donor front engine mount set up from a pre 1948 Packard. Not hard to get. The fitment gets a bit messy when you start to install overdrive trans to a pre 39 Packard, but it should be very simple post 39. Best regards Peter Toet.