Re: Suspension Question

Posted by David Grubbs On 2014/1/18 22:50:04

Years ago, one of the Packards North Texas folks in Dallas had a 52 or 53 pink Packard with a Packard V8 in it. I don't know, but I suspect that that would be a fairly easy swap, since the chassis of a 55 isn't much different from a 51-54 model. I agree with some of the other writers that it is much easier to find a nice running Packard engine and transmission and drop that in rather than trying to engineer a safe handling and running hybrid. I know of two running 55/56 models here in Billings MT you could pickup for less than $5000, swap the running gear and part out the rest to defray your cost. There is also a good 54 Patrician available for close to that price as well. It has the nine main bearing 327 with a four barrel and an Ultramatic.