Re: The Stripper Clipper (1955 Panama)

Posted by 64avanti On 2015/5/18 18:15:43

What a blast to drive, this car is growing on me!
The crowd at the dust off enjoyed the car & there was a fair amount of discussion of all things Packard. Oldsmobile John took it for a spin and was pretty impressed. Fortunately the water pump cooperated this weekend but will come off tonight.
The tires take a little getting used to, being unbelted bias.
They make all kinds of neat sounds when on freeway ramps:)
No way I'll get 10K out of them.
The carb bog was remedied with about 5 more degrees of timing and runs great, it has some real spunk with the 3 on the tree.
So far the engine has about 300 miles on it and is starting to loosen up.