Re: 1956 Packard 400 color of engine transmission and valve covers
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Thanks Howard for all the information and the attachment.
I really appreciate it. Gary
Posted on: 2019/8/10 11:56
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Re: 1956 Packard 400 color of engine transmission and valve covers
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1956 Utica plant motor number prefixes:
A = 5640, Ultramatic AA = 5640, standard trans B = 5660/5670, Ultramatic BB = 5660/5670, standard trans C= 5688 (Caribbean), Ultramatic only D = 5680, Ultramatic DD = 5680, standard shift The numerical sequence # began at 1001. So for example, motor C-1501 would be the 501st Caribbean motor, with Twin Ultramatic.
Posted on: 2019/8/10 12:48
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Re: 1956 Packard 400 color of engine transmission and valve covers
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So I tried brushing on the Bill Hirsh engine paint did not really cover and it had like a green hue to it. I think I may have to get a paint store supplier to put the paint I have into spray cans so that its mixed better and will have a better finish. Any ideas on this? Thanks Gary
Posted on: 2019/8/14 16:25
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Re: 1956 Packard 400 color of engine transmission and valve covers
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I used Bill Hirsch's paint on several 1956 Packard engines over several years... never a problem. But it has been decades since I did one of these, so who knows what the paint is like today. All I know is that if I stirred or shook well and brushed it on, it worked beautifully. Always. And never had any "green hue" in the paints I used. Spray would have never improved finishes I got and frankly I felt the brushed-on paint (at least back then starting in the 1970s) provided superior coverage and dried very nicely. But things may have changed.
Posted on: 2019/8/14 16:57
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Re: 1956 Packard 400 color of engine transmission and valve covers
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I did find a factory picture of a V-8 engine with a bronze pulley. However, they should be black. I only mention this because that is more proof than anybody has produced as to grinding and painting radiator shells that were originally chrome plated.
As well I don't remember if I changed the pulley, but I did change the generator bracket which is on backwards in the photo.
Posted on: 2019/8/15 10:21
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Re: 1956 Packard 400 color of engine transmission and valve covers
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Pic of my Caribbean engine - Hirsch's paint.
Posted on: 2019/8/15 11:52
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