bob duffer Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1611661482937209?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A98272fbd-8581-416b-81bd-dd9595e62f70 No motor or trans I do not have it you would have to look for one or do a motor swap to something else I don’t have motor or trans 1939 Packard Seventeenth Series Super Eight 1705 1270 Touring Limousine No motor or trans I don’t have it was going to LS it Very solid car always been garaged kept Very rare Clean title in my name 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob duffer Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 It is such a shame when people pull an engine and trans on such a nice car just to update the drivetrain. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) Edited January 7 by Matt Harwood (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Original drivetrain probably ended up in a car that is more desirable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearheadengineer Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I don’t know why the seller didn’t finish the LS swap. On the car shows they get it done in a 1/2 hour episode. 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 How to ruin a decent car in three easy steps. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearheadengineer Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 This seller’s name looked familiar to me so I checked his other ads. He’s pretty prolific and I have looked at a few of his ads previously. I wonder if he pulled and sold the engine or if he bought the car this way. Of course none of that really matters. This looks like it was a pretty nice car and someone almost permanently ruined it. Thankfully they stopped. Hopefully someone puts a correct engine and trans back in it, although at the asking price that seems unlikely. One thing that might matter is the seller’s feedback. Many one star ratings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 All is not lost; the alternatives are to fit it with the follow-up engine: the monobloc nine-main-bearing 356 ci straight eight which was introduced for 1940, produced through the 1950 Custom Eight. Factory authentic? No, but Packard issued Service Bulletins for replacement service engines as this last iteration of the multi-piece block 320 ci had some functional durability issues. The Service Bulletins also detail how the Packard dealers could fit these 1939 Super Eights with a postwar monobloc 327 ci which entered production for 1948, ended with the 1954 model. No one need fit this car with anything other than a Packard engine to return it to the road. 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/339998348979085/?ref=browse_tab 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1355455965332577/?ref=search 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn Beer Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 So what needs to to be found to fit a 1940 engine and trans ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/pts/d/covina-packard-engines-and-parts/7698206258.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2347541162082117/?ref=search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/346604071171117/?ref=search 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 For the weight of this limousine, a 356 or 327 would handle it better. A 288 might be a bit underpowered for all that mass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 38 minutes ago, 58L-Y8 said: For the weight of this limousine, a 356 or 327 would handle it better. A 288 might be a bit underpowered for all that mass. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/655852629977659/?ref=browse_tab 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Xander: Got to have those eight cylinders IN-LINE! No V's allowed! 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 19 hours ago, Xander Wildeisen said: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/655852629977659/?ref=browse_tab Now we are talking. I just happen to have one of these 392s under the bench needing some old POS to put it into. (not to say this is a POS). Even have a four speed for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif in Calif Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Lots of expensive packaging and freight between those engines and this car in Manahawkin, NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob duffer Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 Just wondering how much of the wiring and other important stuff got ripped out while the engine and transmission was coming out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 3 hours ago, Leif in Calif said: Lots of expensive packaging and freight between those engines and this car in Manahawkin, NJ. It would be fun if it could be funded, to have that car shipped. With multiple people shipping it, to a location of a drivetrain for sale. Film the installation of the drivetrain, with local shops fixing wiring, exhaust and driveline issues. And someone driving it back across county, while filming the return adventure. Road kill on the restoration side. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Bet a Buick 320 would work!😁😁 If I were 15 years younger and $25,000 more in the fruit jar!! Ben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 NLA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 9 hours ago, JACK M said: NLA ???? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiclines Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I presume he means 'no longer available' - Facebook link no longer works 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 14 hours ago, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: ???? Ben No longer available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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