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Well there you go.. Maybe it's just a case of some parts fit and some don't.

If you have an A.E.A.(Automotive Electric Association) catalog of original equipment service parts, you can identify which internal items like field coils, armatures, brush holders and the like are identical in AutoLite units made for Packard and those made for Chrysler and others.

These are really handy catalogs to have and if you see one for sale at a reasonable price, snap it up. Just looking at the cover of my 36-42 issue, it covers units and service parts of American Bosch, AutoLite, Briggs & Stratton, Carter, Delco, Delcy-Remy, Eclipse-Bendix, Edison-Splitdorg, Eisemann, Electric Auto-Lite, Fairbanks-Morse, Guide Lamp Div., King-Seeley, Leece-neville, Marvel-Schebler, Norma-Hoffmann, Packard Cable, Purolator, Steward-Warner, Stromberg, Trico and Wico Electric.

Great for example for finding the original Trico motor, arm and blade numbers, etc.

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The bird hood ornament could pass for an Angry Swan. I also believe it's a Cormorant but Packard has actually referenced it as a 'Pelican' which is a bird it doesn't look like at all.
Pelican Source: 1951 Packard Accessories Brochure.

Packard refers to it as a Pelican due to the fact that it is in the Packard Coat of Arms. It is a heraldic symbol and the motto underneath says "A Pelican In Her Piety" with fledgelings birds underneath. Somehow thru the years the bird became a cormorant. I beleive there is a story associated with all of that in one of the CNB issues. If anyone is interested enough I can e-mail the editor and verify that and get the exact issue.

Thanks, Al. The Kimes book discusses the Pious Pelican and I had read it some time ago but forgot.