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Re: Were they making packard parts in 1962?
by PackardV8 on 2015/4/27 22:15:08
I'll take a wild guess on this:
Look at the TRANSMISSION bolt hole spacing on the bellhousing. I'm not familiar enuf with the Packard std trans as well as pictures can be deceiving.
But it appears to me that the trans bolt hole spacing is rather LARGE for an AUTOMOTIVE or lite truck application.
So my guess is that some quanttity of bellhousings were made probably for some mediam to heavy truck application. OR some other non-passenger car application.
Probably MAck truck.
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.
There's no evidence or documentation I've seen which substantiates the use of the Packard V8 engine or transmission factory installed in trucks.
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what i understand on STD trans, they were stude trans, borg warner. . for the lark and trucks they used that trans, looks like stude kept making bell housings,,
The standard/manual shift bellhousings were a Packard V8-only part. It did not fit the Studebaker V8s.
The Borg-Warner T85 used with it was again a Packard V8-only part. It had a different input shaft than the versions used in the '57-58 Studebaker Golden Hawks with the 289".
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maybe ultra problems, people were putting in the std trans,
Although he's incorrect on the first part, I'll agree with Riki on the above; the later production of the standard shift bellhousing can most likely be explained by the failure of the Twin-Ultramatic and owners converting to the manual transmission.
BTW - the bellhousing in the photo has been so extensively modified by welding and drilling, it's not a representative of the part. It's certainly not worth $450 IMHO.
jack vines
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