Re: Did Chevy consider Packard V8 BB Design?

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2009/3/9 20:33:45

Brian,

Thank you for your kind words. The feeling is mutual. I somehow was not aware that Randy had gone ahead and started a thread on The New Packard V8 Engine document. I'll give it a look in comparison with the PI article.

No one can make any "assignments" here, which makes it a pleasant place to visit, and if I ask more than once about an item, I hope to be encouraging, and sometimes it works! Without, I hope, posing too much inconvenience on anyone. But I know of few here who would consider being a contributor to the archives an inconvenience.

Sources for direct quotations should always be cited, with pages noted where appropriate. Ignoring this rule of thumb may not always result in an "actionable" case, but better safe than sorry. It also makes the references much more valuable to those who wish to purchase the source material, or look up more on the topic in their own copy.

There never was any argument from here about getting permission to upload copyrighted material. I would hope all would know it is standard operating procedure to do so.

Glad to know that Wm. E. Schwieder was at least connected with engineering at Packard, but I would guess--purely a guess--that he worked in a PR capacity with the engineers as sources of information. Those reading The New Packard V8 Engine article might see what I mean. Schwieder does not appear in the Name Index of the Kimes book.

My book budget is awfully restricted, but I remember your list of recommendations posted on the other site held The Fall of PMCC in high regard. I've occasionally see books like that net used at quite reasonable prices.