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SMS absolutely DOES have the silver thread fabric. Not inexpensive, but correct.

Packard 53: If you believe that you can blithely state that what Stuart Blond wrote in his article in the Cormorant was non factual and a self-serving exercise designed to show him, his wife and his employer in favorable light, then you open yourself to critical analysis as well. I did not say, precisely, that you were either juvenile or illiterate. What I did say, and meant, was that what you wrote was childishly self-centered and poorly presented. You clearly intended to harm Stuart's image and enhance your own. I must say that there seems to be far more emphasis on your contribution to this story (for all I know, correctly so), than memorializing your late friend. Please do not suggest that your comments about Stuart Blond were innocent and intended no harm. The observable reality is quite the contrary. Stuart has been a dedicated and fair contributor to the Packard periodical experience and a friend of the hobby for years and I do not feel that I can sit idly by while you savage him. I have no desire to engage in any contest, of any nature with you, as to do so will help this thread to become the "Tar baby" of the Forum. I visit here to share information, not to pick every conceivable nit in the product of another medium.

Don Sears of Omaha, Nebraska, has recast the Edmunds heads and twin carb intake manifolds. They are expensive but very well done. The heads, unlike stock planks, take 14mm plugs.

Edmunds offered aluminum heads that were said, by Hop Up Magazine, to provide a 14% power increase. Edmunds also offered 2 carb manifolds that ran dual throat Carter carbs, as well as split exhaust manifolds with larger diameter exhaust ports. Mallory offered hot ignitions, featuring dual points and hot coils, as well as magneto systems. Several manufacturers offered modified cams. One provider of hot cams was Howards of L.A., who hotted up Jean Treveau's Packard Special which won several laps of the Mexican Road Race in 1954. As a simple expedient, one could add McCullough Supercharger, as Packard itself did. They set a class record with the Panther Daytona in 1954, at 131.?? in the flying mile.

Which means, I hope, that you, Packard 53, will, at long (and I do mean LONG)last,stop torturing the readers of this site with your whining, juvenile and fantastically self-centered illiteracies. Stuart Blond is a straight shooter, as all who know him are very well aware. You need to recognize that your envy of a talented writer and accurate reporter is unappreciated by the VAST majority of the users of this board. So, relax pal, we get that you dislike Stuart, but the reasons for your dislike are painfully obvious and embarassing.

Polaris Blue was NOT a metallic color.

Does anyone know what the CFM rating is on Rochester carbs used on '55/'56Caribbeans? I would like to calculate modern replacements based on known values. Over-carbing leads to miserable driveability, so I would like to stay in the approximate range.

I have the Edmunds aluminum head and two carb manifold on a 1948 Custom 8 Club Sedan. The improvement in performance is substantial and, in my view, well worth the expense. A particularly appealing factor is that it is a "period correct" enhancement. An enhancement, in fact, that was installed several times in the late Forties by Packard Washington (factory distributor), in the District of Columbia, for special cutomers. Edmunds estimated that the combination upgrade increased horsepower by 22%. Paul Delaney