Re: Packard Dealership and Motor Number
Posted by HH56 On 2020/12/12 11:49:46
The 1947 21st series 2112 Deluxe Clipper would have the 282 which was the last year for that engine in a passenger car before the introduction of the 288 in the 48 22nd series models. The 47 Super and Custom models used the 356 which lasted thru 50.
It could be a service engine and there are some reports of dealers not stamping the numbers on those replacements. The date and number you mention are the casting date and a mostly not useful part or ID number assigned to the unmachined block. After machining they got the official part numbers as listed in the parts manuals.
Even on factory stamped engines, a few have found numbers near the distributor so there is a chance the engine number was stamped very faintly outside the designated area somewhere on the rough block. If so, with the roughness of the casting plus dirt and grease probably doing a good job of hiding the numbers they may be very hard to find. Some have managed with a good engine cleaner and wire brush scrub to bring them out but others have not been as lucky.
If you do not have the Packard engine serial number list available in the literature section,https://www.packardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/PackardEngineSerials.pdf here are the photos showing the proper locations. I would search a good 6 inches on either side and down from that spot.
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It could be a service engine and there are some reports of dealers not stamping the numbers on those replacements. The date and number you mention are the casting date and a mostly not useful part or ID number assigned to the unmachined block. After machining they got the official part numbers as listed in the parts manuals.
Even on factory stamped engines, a few have found numbers near the distributor so there is a chance the engine number was stamped very faintly outside the designated area somewhere on the rough block. If so, with the roughness of the casting plus dirt and grease probably doing a good job of hiding the numbers they may be very hard to find. Some have managed with a good engine cleaner and wire brush scrub to bring them out but others have not been as lucky.
If you do not have the Packard engine serial number list available in the literature section,https://www.packardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/PackardEngineSerials.pdf here are the photos showing the proper locations. I would search a good 6 inches on either side and down from that spot.
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