Thanks West and Owen_D. That was the kind of advice I was looking for.

West I have sent you a PM.

Dongle

Owen_D thanks for the info, I appreciate your insight.

For everyone though, forgive me, I am not sure if I am making my question clear enough or maybe I can't see the forest for the trees.

Anyway, I am considering a replacement engine - the number of the engine is quite far removed from the other numbers discussed above.


If I use Owen_D's example...

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Would Packardites have concerns if the engine number wasn't 375137 but instead, say, 379003. In this case clearly the number is far removed from the frame and steering gear number.

Will this raise red flags for those who are concerned with originality.

EDIT; and when I say red flags, I have no intention of trying to trick anyone, I am just trying to weigh the cost of a rebuild vs replacement while factoring a decline in value due to the replacement engine (I will keep the original one with the car).

Thanks for comments
Dongle

Sorry. I suspected when I posted that I would need to elaborate. I was trying to keep it simple...

The three numbers I immediately referred to are the engine number - embossed on its mount. A frame number embossed near the steering gear mount which I referred to as a body number - (I know its not though) and a third number embossed directly on the steering gear itself. On my 31, all are sequentially 'close' as it sits.

I did a quick look, and these were the easy numbers this afternoon. This brings up another interesting sub question, does anyone have a list of all the locations of such embossed numbers?


To provide a level of comfort about the originality of an engine, I suspect there would not be a large difference in these numbers. I know they certainly would not match.

I guess my question is, does an engine number which is substantially different cause people in the Packard world grief? For example, what if the engine number was some 7000 less than the frame number and 6500 less than the steering gear number - and yet fall within the range for 1931 engine numbers? In my mind such an engine would be, say 6 months older.

The reason is I am looking at an engine replacement, and the donor engine is some 7000 'older' than my original engine. Yes it falls within the proper 1931 engine number range.

Thanks
Dongle

Hello all;

I know these things never match.....

Is it the general consensus that engine / body (stamped on frame) / and other numbers should be relatively close to each other to provide proof of originality - to the car?

Or has anyone seen engine numbers several thousand (say 7 lower) away and still been original to the car?

Is that clear??

Thanks
Dongle

You could try this????

Ebay - carb Float

Dongle

Jim:

Thank you for submitting your literature. Your efforts are greatly apreciated!!!

Anything on late 20's / early 30's Packards (sorry to hint!) is always welcomed with a big smile.

Again thanks so much.

dongle

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I'm going to re-ignite this topic. From previous posts, it appears that a 29-31 standard eight would fit, there were no conclusions about 'newer'.

Any thoughts on later standard eights - 32, 33 etc.
All help is appreciated.

Dongle

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....NADA pricing athttp://www.nadaguides.com is more realistic.....

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I don't know they're kinda out there. I'd like to meet the guy that'd pay me these prices....

http://www.nadaguides.com/default.aspx?LI=1-22-1-5013-0-0-0&l=1&w=22&p=1&f=5014&y=1931&m=1317&d=4683&c=7&vi=80953&da=1

Does anyone have any part / model numbers available for speed lights over the years?

i.e. this Trippe model was the senior model for the following years....., this Trippe model was the junior model for the following years

sizes would be a help too.

There seems to be a number of different sizes and models produced. I have spent a few minutes looking, but can't find anything web based.

Thanks
Dongle

Thanks for the tip. I had been aware of this book before. If you read the 'reviews' the book seems more geared toward work on the exterior of a woody.

Any other thoughts on books???

BTW Thomas I'm very glad to see the site up and running - looks good.

Dongle