Re: So.......What do you think of this number?

Posted by HH56 On 2012/5/20 9:14:47

Any idea when a replacement might have been made?

Speculation again, but since there is no documentation (so far) of how replacement engines were numbered, one guess has been since M was the last official letter Packard used, if the replacement was afterwards, the N was next in line and chosen for replacements.

The fly in that letter scenario is if the replacement was done while they were still using letters, how would they have known M was the last.

If the engine is a 5 main solid lifter 288, then the numerals could fall in line with mentioned replacement engines. If it is not, then another question is where the numerals came from.