Re: 359 packard engine

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2015/7/6 8:56:31

With the introduction of the 23rd series Super Deluxe, sales of the Custom 8 pretty much fell off a cliff (no small surprise!) and it proved very difficult to sell off the remaining inventory of finished cars. With a view towards writing down inventory and costs Packard continued to sell (about 1528 units) 356-based marine engines (designated IM-356) thru 1951 and perhaps into 1952 and that was the grand finale of the 356 engine. That production no doubt pretty much ate up remaining inventory of 356 components. They did pretty much the same with the tooling and inventory of the six but in both industrial (ID-245) and marine (IM-245) versions, production totaling about 7000 of the former and about 1800 of the latter. This is all well-covered in Robert Neal's "Master Motor Builders".

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