The only trouble was the Packard V-8 was a heavy engine.
The handling wasn't very good when they used the Packard V-8 in the Studebaker Hawk.
I think it was a matter of time for all the independents to go under eventually. If Packard hadn't join Studebaker when it did, Studebaker would have also been gone probably by 1957 0r '58.

John

Love Blazing Saddles.....

OH NO!!! Call out the environment people. You know what this means, we will have to tear up your garage floor and dispose of it and probably 6' of dirt under it to a proper waste management site.....LOL

I do remember an old article in either Pop Sci or Mechanix that showed how to dispose of your waste oil by digging a hole in your yard and filling it with sand then you dumped your old oil in that.... Seems like an approved method to me??

John

Nice read, but still a Studebaker underneath......

John

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Packard-complete/182269628792?_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38828%26meid%3D02f98f449d004b3988ce834780997d04%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D24%26sd%3D322255975988

This is more like it......

These Packard(s) seem to have a lot of teething problems......
You could always swap in your Ultramatic and rear end from the 1951 car.

update??

You are not kidding it should spin the wheels.....

John

bump....