Re: Help appreciated

Posted by 58L8134 On 2020/3/7 11:32:22

Hi SuitBear552

Nice-looking '41 Clipper! Welcome to the friendliest, most knowledgeable, enthusiastic, generous, helpful and civil Packard forum. There is a wealth of knowledge and encouragement here standing by to avail yourself of as you tackle every problem. A great deal of historic information is here for the simply filling out your knowledge base.

As recommended by Let The Ride Decide, local resources are available to you with members of both the Packard Club (PAC) and Packards International (PI), both with local club regions. You should join one or both, particularly the one that has a regional chapter covering your area. PAC has the ArkLaTex Packards, Heart of Texas Packards, Lone Star Packards regions in your state. Joining requires a membership with the national PAC club first and well worth it. You'll open a world of good people who are enthusiastic and helpful to get your '41 Clipper back on the road. Packard people want to see as many Packard return to the road as possible. They will know good engine re-builders who can do your job right for a realistic price.

The advice given here is from people who are extremely familiar with Packard straight eights. The 282 eight is a simple, straight-forward engine which requires only the basic engine rebuilding skills to complete. The 10K estimate is very high, likely he doesn't really want to do the job. Many current shops want to deal only with newer engines.

To document your progress and share it with all of us, please start a project blog in that section. Not only does it make it easier to post your questions but also to find the answers later for reference. Of course, we all like to see how things are progressing too. Check out the other ongoing Project Blogs for ideas as well.

Good Luck with your Clipper project, please keep us apprised of your progress.

Steve