The Packard Library

Reference Book of Mechanical Information

Ok, just what is the Reference Book of Mechanical Information? This reference book was started by Packard Motor Car Company in 1935. All the information in this book relates to a topic in the Packard Service Letters. As an example, if you look under the section Body - page 1 you will see an article named, "Why cars get "Sunburned" Are you telling your Customers this?" You will see a date, that date is 5-15-35. If you were to look up the Packard Service Letter dated 5-15-35 you will see this article in that service letter. This reference was a quick way for the Service Manager, Service Salesmen, and Technician to look up information that was in Packard Service Letters. Packard sent these supplements to it's dealers and distributors most likely two times a year or depending on what was in the Service Letters.

Rather than put these under one file we have decided to split them up into groups. This decision was made due to the fact that we are missing a lot of pages.

NOTE: If anyone has some literature that looks like these and would like to donate them please send me an email at: [email protected] . We would like to make this book as complete as possible.

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Reference Book of Mechanical Information

Section	Pages Missing	Pages Missing
Body	Pages 16 - 31	33 - Ukn
Brakes	Pages 5 - 6	8 - Ukn
Chassis	Pages 8 - 21	25 - Ukn
Clutch	Pages 2 - 10	12 - Ukn
Electrical	Pages 12 - 24	27 - Ukn
Motor	Pages 20 - 54	61 - Ukn
Rear Axle	Pages 3 -	Ukn
Shocks & Springs	Pages 10 -22	25 - Ukn
Standard Sizes & Adjustments	Pages 3 - 35	37 - Ukn
Steering	Pages 6 - 14	17 - Ukn
Transmission	Pages 3 - 16	18 - Ukn
Wheels & Tires	Pages 2 - 4	6 - Ukn