Re: 1950 Packard Eight Destined For Racing

Posted by Ross On 2012/1/6 23:17:15

Go for it--for many reasons: there are more than enough of those cars around for those that want an original. You efforts will probably bring more favorable interest to Packard than a whole row of restored sedans. And finally, from the mid-thities onward Packards were production line automobiles like everything else, albeit better engineered than many, and I really don't feel they deserve holy cow status. Lastly, as you probably know, many Packards were flogged through that race back in the day. Be sure to check out Robert Neal's "Packards at Speed" book.

I have tons of thoughts on your project and have built several ah, performance enhanced and modified Packards with more underway. I am hoping the have my replica of Jean Trevoux's car that he raced in 53-54 done this year. All the best--and get the name of Packard in front of the public.