I have a 47 clipper 6 but it does not have an oil filter. I also have a 41 clipper 8 cyl that may have a filter. The engine needs to be rebuild on the 41. I will be selling the 41 rather than spend money that I don't really have. But if the 41 has a filter canister would it be possible to put it on the 47 6 cyl? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I know that some have said the motor looks well worn.. Is it possible to adjust the valves so they close more so there would be more compression. The guy I bought it from said it did run.. but that it was hard to start.. Of course he never said anything about the bb's. It was stored at a shop he owned but leased out.. the guy running the shop told us about the bb's. The car has been partially rebuilt. I have no idea about the transmission or clutch. I do know he told us the brakes were redone.. but they are not working now.

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I am not sure how much farther I can go with this car. It is a 1941 for sure. I would like to get it running and I was just hoping that if we removed the bb's in the cylinders and put a new head gasket on it it would run. I have no idea as to the transmission or clutch. I do know the brakes need attention as well. I do not have the space or tools to do much of the work myself at my home. If anyone knows of a shop in the Houston, TX area let me know. I don't think my mechanic is thrilled with working on this old of a automobile.

It is a 41 because the dash has a horizontal rectangular speedometer and the clock is rectangular on the glove box.
The compression on the engine was from 60 down to 20. I had my mechanic take the head to a machine shop to have it planed.The mechanic thinks the low compression is due to the valves and not the rings.. They did not find any cracks. They cleaned out the bb's out and cleaned off the valves and the block. We put an new head gasket on it. It will turn over but won't start. He was using starting fluid because we are not sure what is the situation with the fuel tank. The guy I bought it from said it did run.. but was very hard to start.. He never said anything about the bb's in the engine. We have no idea about the transmission or clutch.

We bought a 1941 Packard Clipper in July. It has been at the mechanics ever since. We discovered that someone had put bb's in the cylinders. I got a new head gasket and we had the head planed. We are now trying to start it and it will not start. My mechanic now says the compression is low. Our mechanic told us that to fix it right we need to rebuild the whole engine. He said the cost of that would be at least $10k. All suggestions or input would be greatly appreciated.