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Owen_Dyneto

Re: Packards in the back of beyond

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Nifty piece, thanks for posting! It's a second series (or later) Twin Six, as determined by the detachable cylinder heads. First series Twin Sixes were cast en-bloc with internal parts all installed from below.

Posted on: 2010/6/18 8:46

bevpor

Re: Packards in the back of beyond

Just popping in

It is newer than a series II (1917) if the transmission photo is from the same car. 1917 had a transmission with a side shiftier.

Posted on: 2010/6/18 10:22

Owen_Dyneto

Re: Packards in the back of beyond

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Somewhere I have a picture of a 1st series Twin Six engine taken at Warren in 1999; it will be hell to find but I'll take a browse this evening.

Posted on: 2010/6/18 11:45

Owen_Dyneto

Re: Packards in the back of beyond

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Two-wheel brakes on the rear. I forget the purpose of the little aluminum dome, but I'm sure bevpor will identify it as he is familiar with these cars, more so than I am.

Posted on: 2010/6/18 12:11

HH56

Re: Packards in the back of beyond

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And they said things were simple then. Looks like you'd almost need an owners manual to make sure the right combination of lights were on. What does the aux ignition do?

Posted on: 2010/6/18 16:07

Ozstatman

Re: Packards in the back of beyond

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G'day bevpor,
Also like to add my

to PackardInfo to those already made.

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Owen_Dyneto wrote:.......bevpor...... .is familiar with these cars, more so than I am.

And bevpor from Dave's reference if you have a Packard, maybe a Twin Six perchance, could you please include it in the Packard Owner's Registry here, together with a pic, any known history and how you acquired it?

Posted on: 2010/6/18 17:25

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BigKev

Re: Packards in the back of beyond

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Gerd,

It almost looks like some kind of a early "repair" belt that could be adapted to several applications for a quick road side repair.

Posted on: 2010/6/19 15:09

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Owen_Dyneto

Re: Packards in the back of beyond

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That's a very standard and common type of belt on early cars. Don't know whether it's OEM-style or not, but common.

Posted on: 2010/6/19 15:51

Jim Eubanks

Re: Packards in the back of beyond

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This is what is known as a "link belt". Still in use today for lots of industrial uses. For at least the 29's it was an alternative to a solid belt. To install a solid belt the rad. and vib. damp. had to be removed for clearance at the front crossmember. A link belt was a easy repair and is mentioned in the 29 service lit.

Posted on: 2010/6/19 19:10

Ozstatman

Re: Packards in the back of beyond

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At the Veteren Car & Motorbike Day I attended this morning one of the bikes present had a "link belt" as the driving belt to the rear wheel while others used rubber V belts.

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