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..hi can some one give me any info as to what I have and what it may be worth?,..see attach pic,...thanks miller

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G'day miller(denber),
to PackardInfo, but sorry I can't help with your question.

However I invite you to include your Packard/s in the Packard Owner's Registry.

Good question on value. I'd be interested in hearing what others think too. IMO, It would depend on completeness or if it needed work and parts and if someone was really looking for a total period correct item vs having a modern more efficient repro unit that looks reasonably appropriate for the time. Parts for those old units are almost extinct and not many places will undertake a repair.

Nothing like it shows in a book I have on early AC history containing some photos of 50s units. Having the fan instead of a blower it looks like it may be from fairly early in the 50s-- I have some MarkIV photos from the mid to late 50's and into early 60s. One unit on a 56 Packard appears to have a fan so yours may be older or at least the same age. Later units all appear to have blowers.

Did it come off a Packard and do you have the rest of the components or just the evaporator? There were some custom mfg'd units back in those days so it could also be specific to a particular car or region.

..what I show in the pic is all I have....I was watching a car show called Desert Auto in the show a man came to this junk yard looking for a ash tray for a 1955 Packard,...well he found it and while he was getting the ash tray I seen what I have attached to the bottom of the dash that this man was getting the ash tray from...I attached pic showing other views,..thanks miller

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For what it's worth, the first patent number visible on the label comes back as an AC component and was filed for in 1952, granted in 1954 so that kind of dates it. Not sure I am reading the second number properly as what I entered comes back as some kind of fluid coupling from the 20s.

...hi again the 1st numbers are 2691279,..2nd 2700538,...thanks again...miller

Can you tell if it is 6 or 12 volt?

...hi I looked and no markings or tags showing what volt it is,...the only tag I found was one that states that the motor was made by a company named Mitchell located in Texas...thanks miller

That second patent doesn't seem to go with AC unless it is something they used with the compressor. The illustration looks like a governor and clutch mechanism applied in line with a fluid coupling. Perhaps it does not use the coupling but is a method of driving the compressor via pulley and using a governor affair to prevent over revs which was an issue with the early and huge old style piston compressors. Could also be a typo on the label or ???

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...Hi again and guys thanks for the info...as it is now I know it is about 1952-54 and not a Packard factory installed part...but not sure if it is 6 or 12 volt motor which is not a big problem..thanks again for the info..miller