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That is a clever way to post a ?wanted? ad. Speaking of ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4543075572&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

Anyone want to wager that this car will make the $40K reserve? I predict another easy $50 contribution to ebay?s coffers. The seller swears that it is an actual 29K mile car? but I think the pic of the gas pedal tells a different story??how does one wear it down to shiny bare metal in 29K miles?

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Wow, is that a Studebaker with Packard name on it? <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

You wouldn't have to worry about reChromeing with that one. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I want One! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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Rick, looks like they took the PACKARD letters of a 55 hood.

They probably moved them from the hood to the truck one at a time or else they would probably have spelled it RADPACK <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

And this guy is so car savvy he actually thinks it is a Packard <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

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Some new original pumps had the metal cast impellers. The plastic ones are not necesarly better. I have a rebuilder that uses a modern metal stamped impeller and it works fine. I have had the pump on my car for 5 years.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I didn't know they used bakelite impellers. Was that common on other cars during that period? </div></div>

I didn't either. I've seen maybe half a dozen V8 W/P's off the car and they've all been either cast or stamped metal.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The 55-56 Service manual clearly states plastic impeller </div></div>

I didn't say that the originals were not bakelite/plastic..... only that I've never seen one. I suspect that rebuilders and replacement mfgs switched to the metal impellers either due to inavailability or the lack of durability of the bakelite impeller.

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To quote Arthur Gould, well-known rebuilder, they are impossible to get off without breaking them. Several years ago I purchased an NOS one at Perrysburg, but the guy selling them insisted they were some kind of replacement, not OEM. I think he didn't read the shop manual either. They were in original boxes. I think you can get them off but you will have time invested and for rebuilders like Mr. Gould, time is money. My current impeller is metal.

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Randy wrote: "Ok, we can start wondering again.What the H___ is an L6? "

I must have missed something along the way. It means Flat Head six cyclinder.

Flat Head engines can be refered to as "L" head or sometimes side-valve depending on industry. There is also an "F" head that is often misinterpretted as Flat head but it is not a flat head.

The "L" head reference would make more sence if the letter "L" were displayed upside down.

The "F" head refers to an engine with exhaust valve in BLOCK and intake valve in HEAD. In some cases u might see and "Upside down F" refered to. That would be an "F" head with the intake and exhaust valves reversed.

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Keith, I was referring back to Rick's earlier question when someone was advertising an L3 or L4 engine and we determined that they were referring to an engine made in 1953 and that was the beginning of the serial numbers. Rick said he thought he had read that L4 or L6 (don't remember exactly) in much earlier (twenties)literature but couldn't find it again. That is what I was referring to. The original ad on ebay had a question about whether the engine was an L6 or L4 as though Packard had some designation like that for an engine. You may have missed that discussion. THIS L6 is obviously not the beginning of a serial number for that car.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Well, Looks like it's Not going to get to Reserve.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Packard-1...1QQcmdZViewItem </div></div>

Looks like it just made reserve @ 38K...seems low to me. I'd expect it to bring 60-70K+ at a Barrett-Jackson, Kruse or Leake auction. Another hour to go, we'll see.

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If some guy in Australia can shoehorn a Merlin V-12 in to a 55 Chebbie, then some American should be able to shoehorn a Packard PT V-12 into a 55-56 Packard. 1500HP pushing about 7000lbs should go like hell in a straight line! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Of course, you'd probably have to sit in the back seat to drive it. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

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Yes, someone could probably do it, But it Wouldn't Look like a Packard Anymore, with all the modification needed to the frame and body. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

But with a project like that, you probably wouldn't Care. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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This is obviously the bezel from a different year and/or car. That is a rear seat speaker switch. Packard never designed a switch and bezel that would show all those threads. Someone used an available bezel when they either lost the original or never had it when they installed a rear seat speaker.

I do remember several rumblings in the rear seat of my 52 Mayfair and I didn't need a switch <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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