Re: Packard tow vehicle

Posted by Craig the Clipper Man On 2013/5/9 13:51:20

You ar right, Dan! That makes perfect sense! After all, it is an ambulance and ambulances are supposed to get to the scene of a wreck pretty quickly. I'd say a supercharger mounted atop a big block V-8 would certainly do the trick. In fact, this might just be the first on-the-road experimental vehicle used to test Packard's little-known 454 cid ohv engine, which was apparently rejected by Packard management only to be resurrected later by General Motors. Correct me if I'm wrong, Dan, but wasn't there a twin of this particular configuration used in Packard's abandoned attempt at cornering the teenage market with a factory sponsored top-fuel drag racer in late 1955?