Re: Want to learn something you didn't know about Packard V8s?

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2011/7/24 22:50:27
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Jack Vines wrote:
Actually, Stokes Marine of Clearwater, MI, bought several dozen Packard V8s and offered them as turnkey conversions in their catalog.
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Jack, if you're really lusting for a V8 powered "vintage" runabout, how about taking a look at mine? Here's the engine layout. Quite clean, if I do say so myself:
Very clean, indeed. Is your engine a Ford 292" Y-block? The custom Packard engine is the reason that particular boat appealed to me.

jack vines


Whew, teach me to stay off line for a couple of days. Nice thread, and it's all about things I didn't know about Packard V8s.

To answer your question Jack, about the non-Packard V8 in my pic, you are correct, that is a Ford 292 "Y" block. It has "Interceptor" cast into the exhaust manifold water jackets, which I believe is the name of the marine conversion outfit. Maybe you know more about this.

Regarding the Stokes conversions of Packard engines, I did mean "most" Packard V8 marine conversions that I've seen (meaning really "a few") looked like one-offs to me. To tell you the truth, I'm not too impressed with the Stokes ones, in comparison with some other automobile engine conversions I've seen, including the Ford "Interceptor" unit.

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