Re: 56 V8 valve lifters

Posted by sanddoc On 2015/7/29 10:15:07

My apologies for not being more accurate about which
(318 lifter) is used.
Everything I learned about the 56 Packard came
from reading any article I could find, talking to
the guys at Custom Auto in Santa Ana Ca, and members
of the PI club and buying a Hollander 32nd Edition.
Remember this was 87\88 no internet back then.
We still had some good Auto parts stores along with
NAPA and Pep boys, along with Kanter's and Max Merritt.
IC that this site has a listing of Packard dealerships
I had made a list for San Pedro and Long beach back in
88, I did it by going back in the yellow pages of old
phone books and looking them up. I had been working
at Blvd Lincoln Mercury on Long Beach blvd and found out
that the building was built in the early 50's as a Packard dealership about 2 years later the dealership moved across the street to a newer more modern looking building, which still stands.
In fact at least two of the Packard dealership buildings
are still in Long beach the one which we had used
just about at Anaheim and Long Beach Blvd is now the
parking lot of a chain parts store.
the two remaining one is on Long Beach blvd and the
other is about 2 blocks west on Anaheim from LB blvd.
On the roof of the dealership I found the old
neon Packard service sign, sans the neon. bought it for
$50.00 from the owner of Blvd L&M.
Come to think of it, the San Pedro Packard dealership
building is still standing.
While I'm thinking of it, I was never happy with the
replacement carpet I had installed, does anyone have
a picture of an original carpet. I believe it had a
sorta flap over the front of the transmission tunnel
mine does not, and I'm looking to get new carpeting.
best