The closest I've seen are these which are also used for retaining things on shafts. Not quite their purpose but if you can find them in the proper size they just may do the job.

I don't mind making my own gaskets but I do like to have Olson's make them if they do not have a template already. That way, farther down the road it may help someone else as Olson's can then supply the gasket when no pattern is available. Also, their prices are so good that it's hardly worth my time to make one when I can have them do it, then have it waiting for me when I get to my shop!

One time a couple years after the Henney-Packard was in San Jose, CA which must have been around 1973 or 1974, I was driving along in it when a 1948 Henney-Packard Landaulet came along the other way which must have been astronomical odds to have happened. Oddly, the driver of the other car ignored me entirely!

According to the notarized Bill of Sale, I bought this car on August 26, 1970 but it came with a whole string of Bills of Sale so took some time to finally get it registered.

1941 Henney-Packard during delivery and unloading at a storage facility in Milpitas, CA . . .



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Chris and Guscha, thank you for your kind comments!

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Hope this isn't too boring but as you asked, I will try to answer. I was given my first car at 14 by way of a 1937 Chevrolet sedan painted competition orange with - very literally - wall to wall carpeting including the headliner. I was the only kid in Jr High being driver to school in my own car.

When moving to Washington state in the mid-'60s, the Chevrolet made it as far as Longview, WA when it threw a rod and, as the family was renting an apartment while house hunting, I had to sign it over to a wrecking yard. I decided then that when I turned 16 and got my driver's license I would buy a car in the '30s which turned out to be a 1939 Packard Six touring sedan that came with a 1940 110 parts car. Keep in mind that the car wasn't even an antique yet!

Starting at the back edge of our neighborhood was raw forest and while exploring out there one day I came across a 1938 Packard coupe used as landfill with one side sticking out of a creek wall and beyond that, a 1940 110 surrounded by later '40s and '50s Hudsons and Nashes. Since I could see a house nearby and didn't want to trespass, I later found the front door and introduced myself to the elderly gentleman who lived there. He gave me the Packard and said I could have anything else I wanted as the State was taking over the properly as a reserve. I regret not grabbing a rare Nash Ambassador Brougham 2-door sedan with armchair rear seats but it was very far gone. Not long after, I found another 1940 110 in a classified newspaper ad so bought it too as a parts car for the 1939 which I had been working on and, as the 1940 turned out to be in better condition, I sold the 1939 and owned the 1940 for many decades.

It was somewhere in between all that I bought the 1941 Henney-Packard which was also in a newspaper ad and listed as an ambulance, probably due to it having holes in the fender where a siren was once install and stainless plates covering the pockets in the rear floor where the casket rollers would have been. It turned out that it was indeed a hearse which originally had an extension table with the rollers and that's why the floor did not have them!

As my everyday car(s), I had the family's old 1957 Ford Fairlane 2-door hardtop that we had bought new, a 1954 Cadillac Sixty Special and a 1956 Cadillac coupe (not a Coupe deVille). The latter was beautiful and I regret selling it when we moved to California in 1972 but I did not know that the cars could be transported so inexpensively. It would have cost only a little more than bringing the Henney-Packard by itself.

I can think of nothing gained by putting a 359 head onto a 327 or other engine. Yes, the bolt pattern is the same but the 359 head is considerably thicker so it's not a straight-across swap. All the studs would need to be removed and replaced with the 359 type.

Although I have a couple cheap stands, I also have a geared one which I’m using on my Imperial engine. Fortunately there was an adapter plate made specifically for the 413 and 440 blocks and the steadiness and angular precision of the gear drive made it very easy to use. Still, it must have some balance as I’m not sure I would trust it for a totally out of balance load.

How do these differ from Steele's?

I have never soaked them but I do generally put on a light coating of a general purpose grease. I also apply a thin layer to the block and it helps hold up the gasket while trying to maneuver the pan into place.

Yes, that’s right. I knew the can and finger piece I have didn’t come from a banjo wheel (it was still on the car when I sold it) but I did not expect the banjo type to be so different! It would be great if these could be added to the literature section of the site where they can be easily found.

Best Gaskets does not sell directly but Olson’s Gaskets carries their products. I prefer the cork as it seems more forgiving to irregularities on the pan surface so if they don’t have it, they can make one for you. Before installing, make sure that the holes in the pap haven’t been deformed by over tightening but if they have, lightly tap them flat again.