Re: Need info on 55 Clipper
Posted by Eric Boyle On 2006/12/29 8:50:30
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That fellow would be me. And yes, all I've done to the trans was put in a new converter to pump seal, fill it full of fluid, changed it a couple of times, cleaned out the trans screen inside the pan after I put 6000 miles on it, then finally filled it up with B&M Trick Shift. Since then, I still have a direct clutch grind, but not near as bad as before. The problem with my direct clutch is that the friction material has hardened, and isn't gripping sufficiently. That's the only problem I have with the trans, and if you just simply let off the gas a little, it goes right in.
Now, as to the rest of the story on this trans, yes, it's a 1955 model with the cast iron center. The real neat thing about this is, that it sat un-driven and in a field for over 40 years! I started driving it on a daily basis in August of '05, and I've put over 13000 miles on it since then, and it's only let me down once, and that was New Years day of '06. (It was the crankshaft key that's described on the Packard V8 Club website) All in all, she's been a damn dependable car for sitting in a field for that long with no one to care for her.
Eventually, I plan to make a four door Caribbean out of her, to show a "what if" idea that could have happened in '56 if Packard had more money. The only difference engine wise will be that the Carib's had a dual 4 barrel setup and mine is already supercharged.
Eric
BTW, a fellow in Kansas recently resurrected a '56 Patrician from a field that had been fitted years ago with a '55 Twin Ultra, and with nothing more than a fluid change or two, it is a reliable daily driver.
That fellow would be me. And yes, all I've done to the trans was put in a new converter to pump seal, fill it full of fluid, changed it a couple of times, cleaned out the trans screen inside the pan after I put 6000 miles on it, then finally filled it up with B&M Trick Shift. Since then, I still have a direct clutch grind, but not near as bad as before. The problem with my direct clutch is that the friction material has hardened, and isn't gripping sufficiently. That's the only problem I have with the trans, and if you just simply let off the gas a little, it goes right in.
Now, as to the rest of the story on this trans, yes, it's a 1955 model with the cast iron center. The real neat thing about this is, that it sat un-driven and in a field for over 40 years! I started driving it on a daily basis in August of '05, and I've put over 13000 miles on it since then, and it's only let me down once, and that was New Years day of '06. (It was the crankshaft key that's described on the Packard V8 Club website) All in all, she's been a damn dependable car for sitting in a field for that long with no one to care for her.
Eventually, I plan to make a four door Caribbean out of her, to show a "what if" idea that could have happened in '56 if Packard had more money. The only difference engine wise will be that the Carib's had a dual 4 barrel setup and mine is already supercharged.
Eric
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