Might be going shortly to look at a '55 K that supposedly has a '56 Packard engine in it.Whats the easiest way to tell if it's a 374 or a smaller cube version? I admit to being unfamiliar with Packard stuff.
Bob40
I don't think there *is* a way, short of checking the numbers and/or checking displacement somehow (oil in cylinders, pull a head and measure bore, etc.)
nate
There's a chart with "engine # series" @
Wow! What insanity! My parents bought a new Ford from Mosehart Keller in '63, the first year that they sold Fords. They had been selling Studes since 1889 or so. I fell in love with some of the left over '62 models on their lot & some of the nice used Hawks. I was 9 then, & could not convince my Dad to buy one of the marked-down new '62 Studes. Shame. Are you from Houston, Allen?
If it is a "55, there is a good chance it might be a 374 as the Packard engines were not available until the 1956 model year. Someon might have repowered it, and back then the easy way woould have been to use a Packard
352/374. What does it have in the way of carbs on it? If there are two, the you could be assured it is a 374.
Why? Will the 2X4 intake not bolt to the 352 heads?
Paul
It was only factory installed on the 374, perhaps Bondo thought that if it had dual fours it was likely to be that engine although it would fit them all.
R1Lark wrote:
I thought the '55 Caribbean used a 352 with dual quads? Then in '56 they changed to a 374?
nate
I didnt get to far into looking at it.No air cleaner on the 4 bbl carb and the engine was locked up.Had chrome valve covers with the Packard script...whoopee. Previous owner(deceased) was turning a 55 President into a
56 GH.Bob40
Well, congratulations on 1) getting out of the Houston area, and 2) getting back into Studes!
Engine numbers. Left front of block:S-11600 also 10555 Back of block near the bellhousing: A-572094 Passenger side below valve cover: 6480406CD/ The body has the tag on the firewall 56J-K7 but that was added on,I am waiting to find out if the title is for a '55 Stude or if it's for a '56 GH.
Bob40
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