Re: New Member: My '39 120 has strange engine number. Help??

Posted by Ozstatman On 2010/10/11 18:05:30

Until Eric pop's in I'll have a stab at this. The 288/327 family is longer than the 282. Evidence for this was provided by Peter Packard when he posted documentation for this swap in another post a while ago, but I can't put my finger on the thread involved now. The documentation was for overseas dealers where a replacement 282 wasn't available but a 288/327 was. In fact Peter has swapped a 327 into his TJ Richards bodied '38 Eight which necessitated some reworking of the firewall. Another PACA member has a '37 120 Coupe Roadster which had a 288 in it but has since been converted back to a 282 during the restoration process. It too had firewall modifications which were fixed by installing another unmodified firewall in its place. Also, I believe the 356 is about the same length as the 288/327/359's