A Postwar Roadster

Posted by Ross On 2010/7/16 21:29:39

This is a little backwards as the car is now DONE. Set the toe in at 7:30 this evening and went down to river for a swim. I'll put up some before photos later on.

This was (is?) a 51 200 4 door that I had picked clean and was just ready to send to the crusher when an idea struck.

This is an all-Packard street rod, and excepting hardware type items, is made of nothing but 46-58 parts that were sitting around the property. This is my reaction against street rods that are built from kits. All of the major exterior body panels used to be part of that 51 body. The grill shell was made from a pattern I took from Jane English's 34.

The engine is a 51 288 bored .040 over, ported and relieved and balanced. I used a 288 because they rev higher, and you can not even give them away. No other hi perf mods as I wanted a gentle back roads cruiser. It also has Ultramatic, Treadlevac and 6 volts. I do enjoy being contrary. The car is 1500 lbs lighter than stock so moves out just fine.

Packard info friends are welcome for a ride in Gettysburg!

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