Re: 1948 Packard Engine Color

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2018/1/25 23:20:49

A green 22nd series engine has been an on-and-off hot topic for decades, with no absolute resolution.

Every so often a 22nd Series car comes along with a green engine that appears original. In those cases it was perhaps a factory error but more likely the engine was stripped and repainted sometime during it's life. That said, it's possible that a very few early Custom 8s (356 engines) were green. Packard's intention starting with the 22nd Series introduction in April 1947 was that all 3 engines were to be painted gray, and that remained so thru 1954 with the exception of the 1954 359 engine. So, if correctness without controversy is important to you, you really don't have any choice - gray it is.