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G'day all, Hey Mal, someone has photo-shopped a steering box beside your dipstick. How do these guys in the US have enough room in these LHD vehicles to check their oil? Peter Toet

Found dipstick handle looked like another broken wire. Oil looks good. On the 6's it's buried well. I noticed in the registry most are 8cyl, are 6's rare or undesirable? I have not had much time to pull things apart yet as summer is my busiest work time.

IMHO, there is no such thing as an undesirable Packard. Packard built 14,949 Clipper 6's in 1947. This compares with 23,855 Clipper 8's and 12,282 Clipper Super/Custom Super 8's. So there were fewer 6's built than 8's.

I agree. As long as there's a Packard name on it, it's a Packard, plain and simple. No if, and's, or buts. It doesn't matter if it's a 1937 Packard 12 roadster, or a 1952 Clipper, it's a Packard.

As for the '57-'58 Packardbakers, that's another story altogether! LOL!

I thought that might stir things up a bit. lol

Packard made six cylinder cars more or less continuously from before WW1. There may have been a brief period in the early 30s when they did not make 6's but for most of the years up to 1947 they had a 6 cylinder model.

The Packard 6 in 1947, was their lowest priced model but don't be fooled. All Packards are quality products selling in the upper price brackets. The Packard 6 at that time sold against other 6 cylinder cars like Studebaker Land Cruiser, DeSoto, Chrysler Windsor, Fraser and Oldsmobile 76. These were medium price cars of the time, more costly than the run of the mill Fords and Chevies.

1947 was the last year for a Packard 6. This was mostly a marketing decision. Packard management decided to position the Packard in the upper medium price and high price bracket. They were after the steady conservative upper middle class, professional and business clientel. To this end they offered eight cylinder cars exclusively starting in 1948.

G'day all, I have always been under the impression that a Packard is a Packard whether it is a Six cylinder or a Twelve cylinder. There are certainly different levels of luxury , but Packard always intended to provide better value for money together with fine engineering, for any given range of car. I have always been impresed with the fact that Packard stood by their product and were always keen to solve any running difficulties. Six Cylinder Packards were very good sellers and the road tests reflect that they were solid performers. I have some very good tales to tell about how well the Packard Sixes can be tweaked to considerably improve their performance. Best regards Peter Toet

To further the discussion about Packard 6s, a little over 3,900 were built during the bathtub era. They were built for taxis and export. Which, or course, makes them quite collectible. They are different. They don't sound the same as the 8s. But they are still obviously Packard QUALITY, not Chevy or Ford.

Well different is great! This car was bought before I knew much about Packard's. The more I learn about them the more interesting it becomes. Thank's for the replys. When I get a chance I'll post some more pics.

Here are some pics of my Packard 6

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