Re: Not what you'd expect

Posted by gone1951 On 2008/8/25 22:34:54

JimGnitecki,
This is about the most interesting thing I've heard in a long time. When I looked up the weight of my 51 300 I was surprised that it only weighed around 3800 lb. I would have thought it was a lot heavier. My 1976 Lincoln Mark 4 comes in at 6600 lbs with it's 460 ci. engine. One thing that comes to mind that in part explains the reason for the Packard being so lite. The frame under it looks much heavier than it really is. By the general look of it the metal is only half as thick as I've seen on other cars of the 50's It's strong because of the X frame member but not as hefty.


I'm one of those guys that likes everything as stock as it can be but this makes me want to buy a second packard install a modern engine and trans. I never owned a car that even had enough power to get out of it's own way. This would be fun.