Re: 1950 6-Cyl Packard Motor.

Posted by Robert J. Neal On 2010/11/30 14:27:20

Dave (Owen Dyneto)
I just was cruising through looking for some Tech Bulletin info and came across this six cylinder post. I have received NO request from you for information on this subject. You need to contact me directly by email in any case like this. I CANNOT OVER INFASIZE THE FACT THAT I DO NOT FREQUENTLY GO TO ANY OF THE FORUM SITES. I JUST DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO DO SO. That is why I almost always leave my email address on all posts. I WILL ANSWER any request by email, but not often from posts BECAUSE I SIMPLY HAVE NOT SEEN THE POST. It is not that I ignore them. It is a simple fact of life, If anyone wants an be sure of an answer, THEY MUST CONTACT ME DIRECTLY BY EMAIL.

Roger has contacted my by email and I have told him that I believe his recent engine is one of those produced for the White trucks. I have so far not been able to raise any White truck collector or historian with a six cylinder Packard engine, so I do not know how they were serial numbered. Most information I have on these engines is in Master Motor Builders. The serial of Roger's engine, A26044 would seem to indicate they started serials at A 26001. It seems to fit OK with the way they serialed their marine engines of the period. 1M-245 started at MA 1001 and 1M-356 started at MA 20001 for example.

And yes, they did build some 23rd Series six cylinder cars. Very few, I will grant you, but they did build some. Acording to Packard documentation, their numbers started at H1516 whereas the 22nd Series six started at G1501. Don't ask me why the change but their documentation says all 23rd Series engines started at "16" instead of "01".

Regards,
Bob Neal
RJNeal0000@aol.com