1946 Packard 6

Posted by John On 2015/3/24 17:51:15

Hello, first time poster. Thinking about buying a 1946 Packard 6 cylinder 4 dr sedan. Says it ran 5 years ago till the coil went bad. No show car for sure. Suppose to have 66,000 miles on it.
How do these Packard do with the 6 cylinder? Seems like a 3500 lb car with only 105 hp might be wanting? I figured the engine should make more. Checked the Chilton, figure maybe they were trading hp for more low end torque. But that doesn't seem to be the case. Lists for 192 lb/ft @ 2000 rpm.
What sort of parts availability is there for these engines and cars? I'd like to hope maybe since the engine is free turning, maybe a carb rebuild and a tune up might get it to run. Is there a method to spin these engines before starting to oil it up?
thanks John