Re: Wagon engines '57-'58

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2010/9/13 17:50:23

These oddball cars are getting interestinger and interestinger. I don't like the styling at all, and the cheapo interiors would have to be customized to look anything like a Packard product, but the mechanicals are quite distinctive. The Packard Hawk can be a decent looking automobile from some angles, too, but of course they would be the most desirable of the lot, as well. Some of these cars included the Twin Traction differential too, with a "TT" badge on the deck proudly proclaiming the option, at least on one model I've seen.

Gee, how about finding a beat-up "Packard Hawk" and retrofitting it with a real Packard V8? Yeah, a supercharged 374... with a vintage close ratio 4-speed with a Hurst shifter on the floor... yeah, that'd be the ticket. Twin Traction rear, big fat tires. Smokin'!!