I have always believed that gray is the correct color for 22nd Series Custom 8 engines. None of the 6 that I have direct experience with showed any signs of green paint. The only exception was one that showed traces of red paint but this was a replacement engine with no serial number. I have heard that red was the color used by the factory for replacement engines.

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Keith, your shorthand gives me a headache trying to decipher it!

Roman,

I have attend them the last few years. With out car :(

Is it a nice Venue.

See advanceautoparts.com
Power Booster: "OErM" 54-73189 96'ish Ford truck.
Master Cylinder: "OErM" 10-1854, tru-torque M97934, cardone 10-1854, Raysbestos MC 39011, Bendix 11854, Wagner F97934.

The above are 1996'ish Ford truck/explorer.

Power unit is direct bolt on to left freshair duct hole in firewall. Requires 2wo ez to make flat adapter plates, one between power unit and firewall, another between pedal assembly and interior firewall.
Use 2wo Ford 96'ish truck pedal assemblies. Only need one if freshair duct flange is removed.
Power unit reinforcement details on request.
If Push Button transmission then PB relay needs to be relocated.
Speedo cable rerouted. Parking brake mount holes need to be slightly elongated.

This conversion can be done with NO alteration to original Packard platform other than deleteing parts and a hole elongation in Park brake mounting bracket and that's not even necessary.

Actually, this was all Erics design.

Brandon:
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From my Panther website, this booster bolts in to the <b>original toe plate</b> with only minor mods and lines up with the <b>original pedal position</b>:
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The problem with this particular unit is pedal leverage. It requires 3:1. It has been several years since I did this adaption, so maybe an alternate approach is to find a manufacturer who makes one like this but will work with 1:1 pedal leverage. Might be worth a few phone calls by someone in need.</p>
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Some uncertainly about the engine colors in the 22nd and 23rd series regarding the 356 engines; no controvery for the series before or after. The 48-50 engines in green are the real controversy. I think there is no disagreement that the 288 and 327 were all gray and at least at one point that what both club's judging standards were for all 3 engines in the 22nd-23rd series (PAC still says all 48-50 were gray). Any 48-50 288 and 327 engines in green were probably repainted at some point. Don't know what PI's current position on this is, but no doubt someone will look it up and let us know.

Original and apparently un-repainted 356 engines have been found in both green and gray for the 22nd series, I only have two good reliable observations for 23rd series 356, John Peterson's (CT) 48 Custom 8 club sedan, a rather stunningly original car, the engine of which was gray and surely looked untouched, and my own 23rd series Custom 8 sedan.

Just to clutter things a bit, the factory-reconditioned engine blocks were painted "Crane Gray" for many years, perhaps up into the postwar era.

Every year I go to the Oakbrook Center for
the fathers day car show.....I'm SURE some
of you guys are going to that?....

Roman

I have seen what I believed were original 288's in both gray and Packard green. I have had good experience with the Hirsch paint.

There are 3 front bumper styles on 22nd series Juniors, as I recall. A "closed mouth" where the middle wider filler piece extends to the center, an "open mouth" where the filler piece is shorter, leaving an opening. The center portion was sometimes painted body color, sometimes chromed.
I'm referring to the horizontal part of the bumper, made up of upper and lower bars sandwhiching the filler pieces. Look at some photos and you can see the differences

Nominal capacity is 11 quarts. Start out with about 6 quarts, then run the engine briefly to fill the converter. Add another 5 quarts and then check the level as specified. Should be full or within a pint or less.