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The picture associated with post #163 in the link posted by PackardV8 says:
Buxbaum Bros Automotive Machine, Inc. Apparently they are still in business in Ridgefield Park,NJ.
Posted on: 2010/8/27 22:12
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Craig, Buxbaum Bros. is the firm that did the restoration of the Stokes engines (and many other Packard marine engines) that have been donated to the various Packard museums by a local benefactor here in NJ.
It's a fine engine rebuilding shop and has done quite a few Packard engines for local enthusiasts. They are quite fully equipped, do their own crankshaft grinding for example, but don't do babbitt.
Posted on: 2010/8/27 22:24
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Well, it's nice to know that I'm considered a local
![]() I would consider it an honor to be a local with my friends in NJ. I guess I'll get my next engine built by Buxbaum also.
Posted on: 2010/8/27 23:07
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When we bought the Packard parts from SASCO it included 2 crates of red water pump manifolds which may have been removed from engines purchased by Stokes
Posted on: 2010/8/28 16:27
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I believe the counter rotation can be achieved with the gear box. I have seen BW Velvet Drives stamped RH or LH.
I agree with Packard8's comment earlier in this thread that different rotations can be achieved with a gearbox, but there seemed some doubt that the Packard Marine engines were actually built in either rotation. I just came across a data plate from one of Packard's IM-357 marine engines and you'll note it was, like the postwar IM-245 and 356 engines, available in either clockwise or counterclockwise rotation; pairs with counter-rotation were used on dual prop-shaft installations. The unconventional firing order for right-hand rotation was also used on the 1st and 2nd Series Eight (1923-1926 automotive motors.
Posted on: 2010/9/3 15:34
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Very interesting. That must have been in the heyday financially when they could afford the resources to make counter-rotating engines with custom firing orders! I suspect that by the time the V-8's were offered they were all aftermarket conversions of what were probably surplus engines. The one I have has a serial number of SP-087 on the boss next to the oil filler tube. I'm guessing the "SP" is Studebaker Packard?
Posted on: 2010/9/3 16:19
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Found some pix of the one I have in storage. It has "Andres Marine Stockton Ca" on the water-cooled manifolds and the stainless and copper work is quite professional looking. Also note the dual thermostats and custom oil filler tube. It has a bracket and pulley for a circulating raw water pump but the pump is missing. It has a manual reverse gear, possibly a Paragon brand.
Posted on: 2010/9/3 16:33
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