The numbers that are in the picture were from the passenger side firewall at the top. are those of any significance?

Gotcha Turbopackman,
I just noticed your signature lol nice.

Ill take another look around when i go back up and see if i can find the rest of the grille it could be laying right there. As far as the numbers on the drivers side of the motor, my friend who is a mechanic, crawled under the motor and he said he couldnt see any markings at all. They should be on the drivers side at the top of the motor towards the front right? the motor isnt sitting in the dirt its about a foot off the dirt. When i flashed a light into the 4 holes missing plugs, i could see the nice shiny cylinder heads in 3 of them the 4th was a little rusted. I figure if the 3 that dont have plugs are not rusted the ones with plugs in the holes must be fine....



"I believe the three-pointed star on the grille of the truck indicates that a 6-cylinder engine resides under the hood. Whether it's a Merc or a Ford is a question for a more informed man than I"

~ I would love to prove you right but unfortunately theres no
motor left lol

thanks for the tip Ozstatman but since they are big pics i wont post them here. they are up on image shack. anyone have an idea on the specs?

"Judging by the condition of the car and the engine, I'd let sleeping dogs lie. Too bad about the grille pieces in the Packard though, I'd like to have them for my '48."
~what do you mean by too bad about the grille something
broke? i have no clue what its supposed to look like.

I just made an imageshack account and posted all the pics of the car. The motor is a packard 327. The blue truck is what i thought was a merc but i have no idea what kind of badge that is if anyone knows let me know. also the bus was from another area but same idea.



http://profile.imageshack.us/user/coolman1987us/

ok i have about 10 pictures how do i upload them? lol the image manager button right above where im typing this doesnt work.

Also say I was to sell the motor and drivetrain, assuming the body is shot, what would a typical motor of like this be worth? Hopefully Ill know exactly what motor is in it when I get home, get a better guess on rarity/worth.

Ok, Im going to try to answer all the questions if i forget anyhing just let me know.

About 30 years a go a friend of my grandfather had an old logging camp about 15 or so miles in the woods. Now back then mind you these were dirt superhighways, now its passable by jeeps or 4 wheelers only (my ranger because its lifted).

They would pick up beat cars like this Packard (there's also a Merc pickup sitting next to it 40s 50s maybe, and possibly a Chrysler so im told yet to be spotted)and basically use them as service trucks for the machinery. When the cars would eventually shit the bed because of the woods roads they would leave them where they sat.


"I presume this to mean you'd haul the whole hearse out of the woods, is that right?"
- yes if its worth the trouble but its been sitting on the
drivers side for maybe 30 years. there are trees but
they're no match for my Jonsered.


"Be aware that you are looking at over 1,000 lbs in weight for the drive train alone."
- 10,000 lb winch bolted to the front of my ranger and a
block and tackle in a tree should do the trick once
its out of the car... up the tree then down in the
back of a lifted shortbed Chevy


Its 1:00 pm now, I should be heading up around 3 or 4 with my 3.0 megapixel cell phone camera(my web cam is higher res) :D to take as many pictures as I can before the sun goes down. If you guys want numbers besides whats on the motor you have to let me know exactly where to find them.

Well it's a little of both. There's a beaver dam in the way. I just managed my lifted ford ranger to it (dads jeep Cherokee lifted 4 inches had no problems, go jeep) we were going to extract the engine and drivetrain via backpack oxy/acetylene setup, winch it up a tree, back a shortbed truck under it and cart it out that way but if it's worth enough I'll make it come out in one piece ( about 12 - 15 small trees growing around and through). The cars also like 20 million feet long lol.



I might take a ride up this weekend and take some pics if the sun ever comes out

Ive recently come across an old straight eight hearse. Its about 15 miles in the woods on an old jeep trail. Im just wondering if its worth pulling the motor and drivetrain out. Its on its side with trees growing all around and through it. Ive talked to some people and i believe its a 1947ish...but not 100% sure on the year. What i want to know is what information do I need to be able to go back up in the woods and pull numbers off the motor and/or body so I can then determine if its worth the investment. Thanks.