Proud new owner with some questions

Posted by jaybird622 On 2014/2/12 17:29:00

I have just purchased a 1956 Packard Patrician and it has left me asking a lot of questions. This is my first Packard experience and I am enjoying it thoroughly so far. I wanted to list some questions to see if any of you could shed some light.

Was this an air car?
The heater core on the left side is missing (need to find one). There is a fan attached to the firewall on the right side of the engine. The lower pulley has space for 2 belts. The fan has 6 blades. There is and air conditioning knob on the dash. There is no compressor (long gone?).

Shift pattern
From what I can tell the shift patter in 1956 should be PNHDLR and this is what the shift indicator reads. However, the second spot when shifting is reverse. So it seems the pattern is PRND.