Re: torsion level

Posted by Michael C Wauhop On 2016/3/21 10:40:44

Well let me tell you what it is like I know the first few times I drove it were interesting. I live in Pennsylvania so we have a lot of hills-so here it tends to work more. You will here a faint "click" and the car will level itself. I had Ross Miller replace my bushings a couple years after I bought it and since then the ride has been nothing less than FANTASTIC-I find the car far more comfortable to drive than even my Merc Grand Marquis. One thing though if you happen to be driving and a monsoon comes in TURN THE lEVELER OFF! I drove up to Macungie Pa for that car show they hold in August in 2009. Well me and my date arrived the day before-beautiful day sun out, warm pleasant. The NEXT day was like a hurricane hit town! Rt 309 had almost 8"of water in it-I passed several modern day cars whose generator must have got wet and died-then I noticed the suspension was acting funny-so I tuned it off. Bob Turnquist alludes in his book the Packard story that the actuating switch mounted on the frame has no cover to keep the elements out-whether he is talking about the bus bars that make the motor level or something else I do not know; I do know several of the electrical parts that make this system work were re-located under the hood in 1956. One day, I drove my car up Germantown ave here in Philly, it is still paved with cobblestones-I was truly amazed as though I could hear the cobblestones passing underneath the car; I COULD NOT FEEL THEM.