Re: Powerful 46-47 Supers/Custom Supers

Posted by su8overdrive On 2012/3/7 5:13:05

Veteran international driver Jean Trevoux campaigned a Delahaye at the first La Carrera Pan Americana in 1950, but for the '51 race, entered a '51 Packard 200 with the optional (for the 200) 327, tho' with four Stromberg carburetors on a log manifold and i'd like to see a picture of that engine bay. Trevoux won the first leg of the race, came in fifth overall.

He campaigned this or a similar Packard through '54, but i don't know the outcome of these later events. Recall reading about the driver/co-driver of a Ferrari America in one of the early '50s runs hitting an eagle at over 100 mph. The huge bird went through the windshield, between the two men, and out the back window. They drove on like nothing happened.

You see the crowds hugging the narrow roads in towns and villages, with literally just a couple feet between them and cars traveling 80mph. Whew.

Now, one of these days, someone, somewhere, somehow, is going to unearth some sanctioned top speeds of 1940-47 Buicks and Packards.