Re: NEW Website Feature

Posted by BH On 2010/12/29 11:29:39

Caught in the cusp between holidays, I've been looking back through the site's collection of <i>Packard Service Letters</i> and <i>Counselors</i> for 1941-47 in preparation for the next installment of the Service Index.

Yet, a question regarding <i>Service Technical Bulletins</i> lingers from my previous work on the 48-50 content. Though some past discussion - both public and private - pointed to 1948 as the first year for STBs, I had found specific references in the <i>Service Counselor</i> to other types of bulletins from 1946.

Looks like the real answer was under our noses for some time. The September, 1945 issue of the <i>Service Counselor</i> (SC Vol 19, No. 9) announced a revision to the way service information would be distributed to dealers, including the launch of a new <i>Service Technical Bulletin</i> series. However, it's not (yet) clear whether any STBs were actually issued that year, and Packard didn't exaclty followed its planned format for issue numbering of STBs until 1949. Not sure if any annual index was published prior to 1951.

So, here's an updated list of MISSING <i>STBs</i> that are needed to help complete the site's collection and feed our online <i>Service Index</i>:

<b>Service Technical Bulletins</b>

45T-?? (Dealer) - ALL issues, if any published
45T-?? (Zone) - ALL issues, if any published

46T-?? (Dealer) - ALL issues
46T-?? (Zone) - ALL issues

47T-?? (Dealer) - ALL issues
47T-?? (Zone) - ALL issues

48T-?? (Zone) - ALL issues (appears that we have all Dealer issues)

49T-4 (Zones)
49T-6 (Zones)
49T-7, Dealer 5
49T-12 (Zones)
49T-14 (Zones)
49T-19 (Zones)
49T-21, Dealer 16
49T-25 (Zones)
49T-30 (Zones)
49T-34 (Zones)
49T-37 (Zones)
49T-40 (Zones)

50T-1 (Zones)
50T-5 (Zones)
50T-11 (Zones)
50T-17 (Zones)
50T-19 (Zones)
50T-25, Dealer 20
50T-28 (Zones)
50T-29 (Zones)
50T-30 (Zones)
50T-39, Dealer 31 (Index)
50T-40 (Zones) (Index)
50T-42 (Zones)
50T-44 (Zones)
50T-47 (Zones)
50T-48 (Zones)
50T-60 (Zones)

51T-3 (Zones)
51T-10 (Zones)
51T-14 (Zones)
51T-25 (Zones)
51T-36 (Zones)
51T-45 (Zones)
51T-51 (Zones) (Index)
51T-52, Dealer 45 (Index)

52T-5 (Zones)
52T-8 (Zones)
52T-10 (Zones)
52T-11 (Zones)
52T-17 (Zones) (Index)
52T-19 (Zones)
52T-20 (Zones)
52T-30 (Zones)
52T-32 (Zones)
52T-35 (Zones)
52T-38 (Zones)
52T-42 (Zones) (Index)

53T-3 (Zones)
53T-14 (Zones)
53T-27 (Zones) (Index)
53T-28, Dealer 24 (Index)

54T-5 (Zones)
54T-6 (Zones)
54T-8 (Zones)
54T-10 (Zones)
54T-11 (Zones)
54T-13 (Zones)
54T-14 (Zones)
54T-15 (Zones)
54T-17 (Zones)
54T-18 (Zones)
54T-21 (Zones) (Index)

55T-18 (Zones)
55T-22 (Zones)
55T-23 (Zones)
55T-25 (Zones)
55T-26 (Zones)
55T-28 (Zones)
55T-28 (Zones)
55T-29 (Zones)
55T-55, Dealer 46 (Index)
55T-56 (Zones) (Index)

56T-11 (Zones)

As you can see, many of these missing issues were sent to Zone offices only - NOT dealers. As such, the Zone issues may be hard to find, but they often contain good info. Meanwhile, ALL Dealer issues are needed for 1945, 1946, and 1947.

<b>If you have original issues of any of these missing documents and can provide them for scanning, plase contact <i>BigKev</i>.</b>

Now, I'm wondering exactly where <i>Technical Letters</i> left off. We have only one example (here), from 1915, and I've seen other examples published, elsewhere, as late as 1937. However, that would have left quite a gap until STBs came into being.