Re: Need help with engine color on 1948 Super Eight.

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2015/4/17 15:33:40

Packard seems to have had a love affair with grays; the gray that Tim pointed out is contradicted by other sources (most say all were black thru 1914 and green began in 1915) but the 320 and 384 factory reconditioned cylinder block assemblies were painted Crane Gray and this practice may have gone back into earlier years. Many of the marine and aircraft engines used various grays including the 50s era non-magnetic marine V12 and V16 diesels which were Navy gray.