Engine, Inboard
Name/Title
Engine, InboardEntry/Object ID
2000.075Description
Inboard engine, Packard Model 1M356, s/n MA21392R with transmission Packard Motor Car Company 1M-356 2000.075 Packard was, as the name suggests, primarily a manufacturer of motor cars from 1902 until 1958. The company is cheifly remembered in marine circles for its contribution to boat racing from the mid 1920's onward, powering Baby Bootlegger and others with the 621 cubic inch Packard Gold Cup engine, and Gar Wood's Miss Americas with a series of engines including the V-12s in Miss America X. Packard is also famous for producing the engines for Patrol Torpedo ('PT') boats during WWII. The Museum's Pardon Me is powered with one of these engines, a 4M-2500, so numbered for its displacement. The Museum's files on these engines are extensive, but there is no meterial currently on file for any of the smaller engines such as this one. This is a 1M-356, a straight eight-cylider flathead, evidently with a displacement of 356 cubic inches, most likely developing something like 100 horsepower. This engine was probably not built specifically for boats, as the larger, more famous engines were, but is a marine conversion of Packard automobile engines. It is also significantly later than the racing engines, probably made in the early fifties, which makes it not a particularly sought-after engine. Visibly similar to the Chrysler Royal. Serial number MA21392R. EVS 2007Collection
Inboard EnginesAcquisition
Accession
2000.075Made/Created
Manufacturer
PackardEdition
Model: 1M356Notes
Engine: 0.000 Cylinders: 8Other Names and Numbers
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MA21392RNumber Type
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