Re: 1956 Packard (maybe 1955?) questions

Posted by 56executive On 2010/1/16 10:40:55

Advanced Engine Engineering Department: 11-11-55
Our main effort during the past year has been concentrated on gasoline injection, which we think will mark a new era in automotive engine design. After careful study we have chosen the intermittent and timed injection system, since it adapts itself more easily to a standard production engine than the direct injection system, and offers similar gains. Our advanced program on fuel injection consists of the American Bosch, Simmonds and Studebaker-Packard systems. During the past year we have developed our own injection system, which has shown considerable promise, its main feature, besides simplicity and low cost, being that no driving effort is required for the metering and distribution unit, which can therefore be driven by the distributor gears from the engine camshaft without fear of noise or wear.
It is not a claim on the tank mounted pump The letter is from C. J. Parker To H. E. Churchill with a CC to Mr. Forest McFarland, Advanced engineering Dept. Detroit

PS I asked Kevin to post my 1st response as I could not get the pictures to load