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Quick straight-eight engine ID info
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Jack Vines
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I'm away from my computer in a Pick'n Pull yard where a '50s Packard I8 is about to go to the scrap yard. Hate to see it scrapped, but I'm mostly a V8 guy and need some quick help here.

Car is gone and the engine, pretty rusty; S/N appears to begin with a "J". How can I reliably determine the displacement and year?

Second question - estimates of core value, with overdrive transmission? Supposedly the car was driven into the yard some years ago.


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Posted on: 2012/6/15 11:39
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Re: Quick straight-eight engine ID info
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"J" is 1951. If the first digit following the J is a 2, it's a 288. If it's a 4 it's a 5-main 327, if it's a 6 it's a 9-main 327.

Posted on: 2012/6/15 11:45
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Re: Quick straight-eight engine ID info
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J is 51 J2xxx is 288, J4xxx 327 5 main, J6xxx 327 9main

Posted on: 2012/6/15 11:45
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