Re: Packard versus the Rest

Posted by Fred Puhn On 2010/12/9 10:36:05

I drive my 1950 Packard at 60 to 65 mph. The recently rebuilt Ultramatic does shift into a locked up mode. I have Diamondback radial tires with the stock 29 inch diameter. The rear axle ratio is the stock 3.9 (I just put in a new gear set). At this speed in the slow lane I keep up with the trucks and get run over in any other lane by the typical cars. In San Diego the average freeway speed is about 75 mph.

Obviously I did not buy a Packard for gas mileage (I have 2 Morris Minors for that purpose). I intend to rebuild and tune the Packard carburetor after I get my rebuilt distributor back from Chirco. The car runs rich because you can see carbon on the outside of the chrome exhaust tip.

I will report back once I get all tuning done and let you know what the results are.