Hey, thanks alot, I'll check it out! :)

My mistake, it was an 8, the 282, I stand corrected and it should fit, thanks guys

wait a 327 will fit in the 38 where a 6 was?

Oh thats perfect, so it will fit, with some slight modifications. The engine mounts should be no problem as he can make them in his shop! Thanks

So I printed these Packard documents out and my friend loved to see them! We got the '53 home on the weekend and started pulling it apart to get at the engine. It is ceased which we knew but its been sitting in the grass since 1969 so that was to be expected. He's going to get it unceased and find out for sure if it will fit in the engine compartment of the '38. Does anyone know the dimensions of the '53 and '38 engines? How much more room is he going to need? Anyways, once he gets all the parts off the '53, there will still be lots of the car left and we would hate to see it go to waste, so let me know if anyone needs anything off of it. It's not about the dollars gained from selling the rest, its knowing that someone out there somewhere needs one of those trim pieces etc. for their project.
Thanks again for the documents!
Cat

Wow, that's awesome! Thanks so much!

Hi Guys,
So he got the 53 Patrician! So looks like he'll need some info on getting it to fit to the 38 tranny after all. He doesn't have the original motor for the 38 thus when deciding what to put in it, he chose a more powerful straight engine to keep it a Packard and to fit in the engine compartment. It's not going to happen right away as the Dodge needs to get done first.
Thanks for your help and info thus far!

Thanks guys for all the info. Please don't go to any more trouble until we decide whether or not to get the 53 or not. You've done enough already, this gives me great info to pass on to help make the decision.
Thanks again for all your input, you guys are walking encyclopedias! lol

Hi again,
So it was brought to my attention that I screwed up in the subject line of my thread, so sorry for the confusion. So to clarify - my friend has a 38 packard w/manual transmission, wants to put a 327 from a 53 patrician with automatic tranny into it but keep it stick shift. Will the 327 motor bolt onto the manual tranny of the 38? Or do we need to get a conversion kit? It was mentioned that there is a procedure somewhere on how to do this but I couldn't find it.
Sorry again for the confusion and thanks for the help so far!
This site is going to be great help once he starts putting it all together!
C

Hi Guys,
Thanks for all the great info. To answer some questions, my friend that owns the 38 does not have a computer, thus I am doing the research for him. I first found this site when hunting for the motor serial #'s for him and that list was a great help. One seller had the wrong info listed and we were able to discern the real motor in his car. My friend wants to have a bit more horsepower in the 38 so the 327 from the 53 patrician would be perfect if it will bolt on to the tranny from his 38 without too much stress. He is pretty good with rebuilding. He already has a 30 model A, a 47 buick roadmaster, a 45 Dodge truck and a 70 chevelle. I wanted to ask him about posting his info in the registry before doing so and I have pics of the car as well, so will let you know. He saw the car for sale out in the country and inquired about it but it was already spoken for. So he left his # just in case and low and behold, 2 wks later got a call that it was still available!

The 53 has an automatic but he would really like to have manual transmission in the 38 when finished. Hasn't bought the 53 yet and its in NC so need to decide this week if its worth going to get it. So its great to hear from Peter that he has done it and that there is instructions for doing so.

Again, thanks everyone for all the great tips, I will be forwarding all this info later today so hope it all works out!