Re: New to Packards

Posted by BigKev On 2008/7/6 23:06:32

On the 1954 Ultramatics there are two possible versions. If you have a Ultramatic the was built in the during the normal course of the production run, then you have a standard ultramatic and the dip stick/filler is only accessable from underneath the car as Howard said. If you car was built at the end of the production run (late July, August) then it may have a GearStart Ultramatic. It will have two indents on the selector for drive. One before and one after the "D". If you do have a GearStart then the dipstick is a more conventional style that is accessable from under the hood and you should see is sticking up close to where the stearing column is on the drivers side.

If you look at my project blob for my '54 Clipper Deluxe you can see the GearStar dipstick in alot of the pictures where I am repainting the engine.

The Clipper Special even though it was the base model Clipper is acutally a pretty rare car as very few of them were made when compared to the production numbers of the Deluxes and Supers.

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