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Article in Hemmings, 1914 Packard catches fire!

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Sad to see. Was the car destroyed??

Sounds like from the article it will be okay.

looks like a fire extinguisher in his hand?

Those old Packard carburetors with the butterfly float need very low fuel pressure. A suitable gravity feed tank with micro switch shutoff could be engineered. As well, low compression combined with leaking intake manifold gaskets will make for big misfires.

Let this case be a lesson for everybody attempting to "upgrade" fuel systems. A practice I dread as much as painting radiator shells that were originally chrome plated. Yuk.