Re: Asking the men and women who own one...

Posted by PackardV8 On 2009/4/3 16:33:16

Here's a little more reality tv for u mr Conwill.

Price hydraulic lifters for the Packard Streight 8. THEN price a set of lifters for a Chev,ford or MoPar. Have a roll of toilet tissue and clean pair shorts handy when u price the Packard 8 lifters.

Go to local trans rebuilder and price the labour and parts for a Powerglide or hydramatic rebuild. Then go price just about ANY other trans. Warning: Chevy offered a TURBOglide automatic 1958-1962. It was not powerglide. The Turboglide was a rather weak transmission.

As a side note: the Powerglide was used in Cadillac ca 1958 whe nthe Hydramatic plant burned down. I have no knoweledge of how well they held up in the Cadillac.