Re: 1950 6-Cyl Packard Motor.

Posted by Robert J. Neal On 2010/12/7 15:13:42

Now for the latest on the Packard 6. I have noted that the Packard 1M-356 marine engines built in the 1948-1950 era were serialed MA20001 and up. Actually these engines always came with an attached reverse gear and the top of the reverse gear had a data plate with the model and serial stamped on it. The engines were built as both left and right rotation and the serial number would also include that designation. Therefore, the data plate of 1M-356 engine number one with left hand rotation would have a data plate stamped MA20001L. I just had the chance to look at how the actual engine block was stamped on one of these engines. It was engine 1M-356 MA20025L and the block is stamped A20025L with no "M". So now we have a precedent. The "M" was dropped and it might appear that the non-automotive (as in non Packard autos) engines of the period carried the prefix of "A." That would then make A26044B seem acceptable for a White truck engine number.

Now I guess we go on from here and find a White truck with a Packard engine and check it out and prove the theory.

Robert Neal
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