Re: Newest Articles

Posted by BH On 2008/11/8 16:37:02

Thanks for the input.

Intitially, my thoughts were to have the indices follow the service manual coverage. Of course, I don't know that much about those manuals and cars prior to 1951, and there's always room for an exception.

I always found it odd that while the service manuals cover 46-50, 51-54, and 55-56, the parts books cover 41-47 (Clipper), 48-54 and 55-56. Though the 48-50 Packards are clearly derived from the 41-47 Clipper (as 55-56 are from the 51-54), the first-gen Clippers seem to be in a class of their own - even apart from the last of the prewar Packards.

Once the work on the 51-54 Index is complete, I'll continue building a spreadsheet of topics for 48-50, as we wait to hear from others on this and make a final call, and Kev and others can take it from there.

One thing is clear, before we decide on a structure of indices for other, earlier Series, we'll need additional, prewar editions of the factory service manuals and parts books for consideration. Things don't appear to have been so neatly compartmentalized back then, and it will take group collaberation to make some effective compromises.

Of course, all that work is contingent upon acquiring donations of prewar Service Letters and Technical Letters