Studebaker Golden Hawk 1956, User Manual

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SECTION 1 - Engine Compartment
1956 Golden Hawk Optional chrome Valve cover Kit AC-2796
Chrome valve covers were available as a kit listed as accessory number AC-2796. The kit
included two chrome valve covers and two gaskets. They were introduced with Studebaker
Engineering Master Change Notice No. 10583 (1-12-56). This document indicates the Part #s are
6484881 and 6484880. I don’t know why there are two part #s.
Most likely, they were chrome plated versions of the aluminum color covers. A Parts Warehouse
Work Order from March 26, 1956 also shows a “Name Plate” Part # 6480792. No production
orders listed the chrome valve cover option.
The chrome valve covers are not the
same chrome valve covers that were
used on the 1955 and 1956 Packard
Caribbean. Those models had the Raised
Packard lettering.
Documents from the Studebaker National
Museum indicates the AC-2796 number
crosses to Studebaker part number
1541492, which in turn references
Packard valve cover number 648nnnn.
I would guess the 648nnnn number would
be 6484481 and/or 6484480 as shown on
the Engineering Master Change Notice
from January 12, 1956, the Parts
Warehouse Work Order from March 23,
1956, and the Engineering Detail Change Notice # 440501. This Notice references Drawing for
471064-6489004-6484480-6484481.
I believe the chrome valve cover change affected not only the 1956 Golden Hawk, but also the
1956 Executive, Patrician, and Four Hundred Packard models.
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