Re: Oil Filter

Posted by BH On 2010/8/29 9:06:58

I can shed a little light on this, but there will still be some shadows.

Photocopies of Trade Letters on optional equipment, which I used to compose the Build Code charts for 55th and 56th Series, show oil filter (OF) equipment as optional on the Clipper line and standard on the Packard line (including Executive models).

However, I don't have copies of ALL of the relevant letters for 1955-1956. It could very well be there was a running change in the status of oil filter equipment in 1956.

Meanwhile, the Trade Letters that I have examined note the oil filter also being available as a dealer-installed accessory, but I find no listing for any such kit in the 55-56 parts book - unlike the 48-54 parts book.

Of course, all of the pages in the Accessories section of the 55-56 part book on file, here, show a revision date of July 1, 1956. I wonder if anyone has a much earlier edition that shows something else - an oil filter kit that might have been deleted, which might correpsond to a change in production status.