Re: 1955-56 Packard Corporate Limousine
Posted by Tim Wile On 2013/3/2 20:24:29
How far would the '55-'56 frame have to have been lengthened in order to facilitate a limo, hearse or ambulance body? Packard engineers had already lengthened the torsion-bar frame for the projected '57s by three (3) inches when the wheelbase went from 127" to 130" for the seniors and from 122" to 125" for the Clippers.
I noticed that some fellow in Australia had built himself a working model of the full-sized 1957 Packard chassis, including the torsion-bar suspension. There was an article about him in a prior issue of the Packard Cormorant and the closing paragraphs teased us with the possibility that the building was going to put a '57 400 body on the chassis. That was a few years ago and I haven't heard anything about this project since.
Seriously, some folks on this site with engineering backgrounds could respond to this issue.
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