Re: 1940-1941-1942 PACKARD AC COMPRESSOR C.I.D.

Posted by HH56 On 2018/12/6 13:30:02

I am a bit curious about compressor differences. Probably all about the same capacity but looking at the 40 and 41-42 AC parts lists the part numbers would indicate 6 different compressors were used. Different tubing runs but except for 40 the remaining compressor illustrations appear similar in shape and tubing port locations so wonder what was changed.

The illustrations also seem to indicate that the Clipper compressor mounted on the left engine side would appear to be mounted above the head as was the conventional body compressor located on the right side. A past thought of maybe it was moved to the left away from the manifolds to enable lowering it below the head for added clearance due to the Clipper hood doesn't seem to be valid. Would sure be nice to see photos of a Clipper compressor install to know for sure if it was lowered. The known AC Clipper in Texas has been converted to a Sanden so no photos available there.

Interesting in this post and others that almost all the AC cars mentioned and photographed over the years appear to be conventional bodies. Does anyone care to speculate on a reason why so few Clippers seemed to have the option vs conventional bodies. Did the people who could afford AC just not buy Clippers or was the Clipper sales volume overall just not that big in comparison?