Hi all,

I'm looking for a wiring diagram for my 52 Packard 300. My manual has one in it, but it says it's for a 24th series, and doesn't seem to say anywhere if it's the same as the 25th series. So...........I'm looking.

any help appreciated. I did search the forums.

Chuck in AZ

can you imagine how pathetic it would be to try and keep up with a '40-'49 Packard "356" engined car ( Packard 160, 180; Packard Super Clipper/Custom, etc...if all you had was a Rolls Royce of the same vintage.....(probably be even more pathetic than trying to keep up with a mid-to-late 20's Rolls Royce Phantom if all you had was a Packard, Lincoln, Cadillac, Pierce, etc. of that era...!

bottom line - you know what drag racers and "girls of the night" agree on - "AINT NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CUBIC INCHES.."

I'll drink to that

(i am not drunke..dreeple only phink I are..... )

Sadly, the one picture looks like a tombstone. I went by the plant this morning and could not believe how much destruction the looters have caused. It has went downhill more in the last six months than the last 50 years. I'll post a couple of photos today or tomorrow.

Too many Martinis

Don't feel too badly, the other day I called a Pan American a Panther Daytona!

The Panther that did the 131 mph was the only one of the 4 with standard shift and OD, and only two were supercharged. There are plenty of pictures and data on the 4 Panthers in an old volume of PAC's The Packard Cormorant ,Spring 1984 issue, article by Leon Dixon. The article is profusely illustrated and detailed, about 12 pages. At the risk of violating copyright, here's a small excerpt from that article with the details on the 4 cars, as of 1984. For those that have more interest, back issues of many of PAC's publications are still available.

The car was originally to be called the Gray Wolf II.

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The outstanding mechanical feature of these cars was the McCulloch supercharged 275HP straight eight - the same horsepower as the later 352 engine, and the same as the McCulloch supercharged Studebaker 289 used in the last Packards.

One of these Panthers made 131 MPH on Daytona Beach in 1954. Pretty speedy for a street legal flathead.

Have seen pictures and magazine articles on these cars but all had the hood closed, or the supercharger removed.

Do any survive with the original supercharged engine intact and functional?

OOPS! That's what happens when shooting from the hip about a model year I am only vaguely familiar with. I should have looked it up first. Sorry and thanks for the correction Dave!

No, it was 1955, although 1955 was 12 volt it was still positive ground. 1956 went to 12 volt negative ground.