1931 Detroit Lubricator for sale. Maybe other years.

[edinmass]

Taken off a running and driving 904, I am told it’s a Standard Eight application, maybe 1931, maybe not. We only changed it out because of judging, not performance issues. New reproduction units are 4K. Will accept first reasonable offer. This is the property of a friend, and payment must be made to him. Please PM with any questions. Thanks, Ed

Edited June 24, 2019 by edinmass (see edit history)

[Restorer32]

I believe it is a '31 carb since it has the bosses to attach the flame arrestor. '32 carbs used a clamp on air filter.

[Marty Roth]

It looks he same as my 1930 Standard Eight carb, at least from what I can see.

If it were really cheap I would keep it as a spare, but if someone NEEDS it, no problem

[edinmass]

bump to top.

 

Price on carb is 1800.00 us plus shipping.

 

This carb off my 1932 Series 904, and it was working fine, I only changed it out because we were on the field at Pebble, and I knew I couldn’t trophy with a earlier carb. Car started, ran well , and had no issues. Carb has been on the shelf for three years.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 11, 2020 by edinmass (see edit history)

[carbking]

Dating the Detroit Lubricator carburetors can be tricky, as DL made running changes.

 

Note that the replacement blank dataplates (bowl covers) have been available for decades.

 

Also note, that due to the value, enterprising individuals, some honest and unknowing, others uncaring, have been "marrying" DL Packard carburetors for years.

 

However, if one were to find a truly original Detroit Lubricator type 51 for Packard, it could have been identified by the stamping on the dataplate.

 

The stamping on original Packard DL carbs identifying the production date was in the format myyiii, where m is a character representing the month (A=Jan, B=Feb, etc.), yy is the last 2 digits of the year, and iii represented the DL identification number (on modern carbs, this would be a tag number or list number).

 

A couple of examples:

 

A31758 - A is January, 31 is the last two digits in 1931, and 758 is the identification number. This carb was used on the 826 and 833 in January only of 1931.

B31759 - B is February, 31 is the last two digits in 1931, and 759 is the identification number. This carb was used on the 826 and 833 in February only of 1931.

 

I will grant that it is difficult to follow, but I have posted the dates and id numbers in the Packard section of my kit catalog HERE

 

Stampings on DL carbs for Graham and Cadillac used different formats.

 

Stamps on older Stewart (Division of Detroit Lubricator) carbs on Chrysler, Dodge, Essex, Hudson, etc. SOMETIMES followed the same format as Packard.

 

Jon

Edited January 9, 2020 by carbking (see edit history)

[edinmass]

You need a PHD to keep track of all the permutations of Packard carburetors from this era. Then add in the “mix and match” of different parts done over the years, it gets confusing.  There are only three people who I would trust to properly ID one of these, and Jon is one of them.

Edited January 11, 2020 by edinmass (see edit history)

[Restorer32]

Your carb has the bosses on the neck to attach a flame arrestor. Weren't flame arrestors last used in '31?  As far as I know all '32 Packards used a clamp on gooseneck and air cleaner so the outlet neck of all '32 Packards were smooth to accommodate the air filter. No bosses. Am I wrong?

[West Peterson]

If it were a two-barrel Model 51, I'd be interested.