Re: V8 engine castings

Posted by PackardV8 On 2010/8/20 10:36:08

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" It might also be interesting to know the data or approximate date that S-P's board made the decision that the 57 Packard would be a South Bend product and hence there would be no further need for that block. Anyone have that date handy?"

A reasonable conjecture yes. But since we have evidence of a casting date about 2 weeks prior to the 56 end of production i doubt that the 57 model year had any bearing on the decision to stop engine casting.

Quite possible that engine manufacuring continued for other contracts such as boats maybe or just external foundery contract fullfillment.

A good example (somewhat in reverse) is the 454 Chevy engines never slated for the Corvette. They just produced so many of them (for trucks based on projection) that they had to do something with them. So quite possibly the Packard V8 engine production may have gone on longer than car production for other reasons such as contract fullfilment, boats or something ?????