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I recently acquired a very original Packard V8 service manual. Someone had purchased the manual back in the day but never even installed the original mailed supplements to the manual. There was also a "technical service information summary". I don't believe I've ever seen this document before, of course I will happily scan it so that Kevin can add it to the archive.



For posterity:

These supplements were shoved in under a pile of service counselors directly under the front cover in the order of the air conditioning packet, rear axle packet, and twin Ultramatic packet.

The service counselors themselves start at 30 number 9, and work back in order to 29 number 6, then jump to 29 number 1. Under that pile was the upside down summary.

The first supplement contains the complete air conditioning section, accessory section, and 55th body section.

The second contains the 56th twin ultramatic, 56th electrical, 56th frame, 56 suspension and steering, 56th body, and 56th mechanical specifications and adjustments. This one was backed by a medium brown piece of butcher paper, the exact size of a sheet including the three hole punch.

The third contains the complete 56th rear axle section.

It should be noted that every updated section included a new index sheet so that the table of contents would be correct. I should also note that my numbering is assumed; while it's pretty obvious that the one with the 55th body was released first, I'm not sure which order the other two would have been released in. My assumption would be that the rear axle manual would have been released last as a "straggler", instead of released an advance of literally everything else that was updated.

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