Thats pretty interesting,

How long have you owned the vehicle? could it have been done by a previous owner?

NEW DEVELOPMENTS...

Whilst talking to my brother I thought back and remembered the engine in the 34 is not a 34 engine. In its earlier life as a young lady she was involved in an accident involving a cow which damaged the front end and required a new engine. The engine was replaced with a 1936 engine no: 392916. Meaning from what I can gather should have had slipper bearing not babbit yet this appear to be what was used. now, I know that many of these engines were pretty much built with simillar if not the same specs. So would it be correct to say the best option here would be to try and locate slippers and install them. As this is a 36 engine, im hoping this should make things a bit easier.

Thanks,
Mat

All the information is quite helpful. Yes, I have to admit the car Russell is referring to is my 34, I guess at the moment she has seen better days. The car (since restored) had only done 2500 miles before the tappets began tapping. Then a loud banging noise began in the engine. I limped the car to the mechanics (i know I should have turned the car off as soon as I heard the noise)

A hard lesson learned. Now the big rebuild begins. I now have a bettter idea of what to do in regards to bearings.

I will let you all know how the rebuild goes

Kind regards,
Mathew

Thanks to everyone for their help. I am away for a few days but when I get back home I'll give them a good clean and change th wiring to #10 gauge wiring and this should hopefully correct the issue.

I'll let you know how i go with it

Thank You,
Mathew

Dear All,

As many early Packard owners may notice there is a difficulty of vision at night with 6 volt headlights.

My concern is that if I happen to be caught out at night in my 1934 Packard the quality of the headlights is quite poor. This is understandable as I am still running the 6 volt system, which I wish to keep it as. I have changed the globes to 6 volt helogen globes which made a slight improvement but nothing drastic.

Basically does anyone else experience this problem, or is their any ideas/ways to improve it whilst still retaining the good old 6 volt system

Kind regards & many thanks,
Mathew Rattray

I also thought that I'll attach an image of my latest purchase. Yes another Packard. This one is a 1955 Packard Caribbean Convertible. This car should be coming out to Australia in a few weeks. The interesting thing is I was reading an article posted a few weeks ago about 55-56's with manual transmissions. This particullar Caribbean has a 55 Clipper engine in it with a manual transmission (which i found out later), I do plan however to convert it back to an automatic transmission system. So if anyone has any information on where i can get a suitable transmission & Torque converter (I realise this may be the wrong section to ask about parts) it'll be appreciated

My mother tried to stop/slow me down on buying Packard memorabilia, I guess she never said anything about cars

Some of you may remember this car it was listed on ebsy a few weeks ago, so yes, I was the silly person who bought it, I couldn't help myself.

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It is great to see that there is young blood interested in Packards. I have attached an image of my 34. I purchased the car at the age of 16, even before I had got my License. I plan to take the car over to South Australia to attend the Bay to Birdwood Run. One of Australia's biggest Bi-annual runs for classic cars. The run usually attracts over 1000 vehicles and this will be the longest run the 34 has been on for a long time

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Dear fellow Packard members,

My obsession with Packards started about 5 years ago at the age of 15, now at the age of approaching 20. I have had the privilege to attend many local car events down here in Australia. My time spent on runs and rallys has been fantastic & I am sure they will continue for many many years to come. Though I have come to notice that there are not many people from the younger generation that show interest in Packards. I bought my first Packard at the age of 16, a 34 sedan. When I told people my age about the car i bought many replied "What's a Packard?" The younger generation don't know what a Packard is.

I thought i'd start this thread to find out if there are any other's from my age who have an interest in Packards. My brother 2 years my junior likes classic cars but he's interest lies with muscle cars like many others of his age.

My interests with Packards continues, I have had the privilege to build the Packard Club of Australia's website and along the way met many people

Regards,
Mathew Rattray

It's quite interesting. In the second reply the exported cars were converted to 12v. This I've heard of. Mr. Illich who has owned many cars and museums in Aus. has a 34 model Packard and his car uses the Marchal headlights which he says are a great improvement. (but can't remember if his was 6 or 12v) This also raises another question, if the canadian exported cars had the 12v system. Why were Australian cars exported in 6volt. Does that means that when Packard built export models in canada they must have had 2 electrical installment lines, one for 6v and another line dedicated to 12volt

If your stupid enough to believe this idiot, selling this car on ebay for that price. I have spoken to the current owner of the original one for sale today and this guy who's advertising this car on ebay for $9,900 is a fake and a fony.

so just a warning if your silly enough to bid, be willing to pay the consequences.