Re: The Packard Esquire

Posted by Packard5687 On 2016/9/14 11:56:54

The Packard V-8 in the '56 Golden Hawk has the reputation of being too heavy, but I recall an article (I think it was in Frank Ambrosia's "56K" newsletter) where someone had weighed a Studebaker 289 and a Packard 352 (the engine used in the Golden Hawk) and was surprised to find that the Packard engine only weighed around 60 pounds more than the Studebaker engine.

In any case, my point is that had Studebaker-Packard kept access to manufacturing engines and transmissions in the relatively new Utica plant, they would have had an engine that would have been competitive for many years while the Studebaker engine was tapped out at 289 cubic inches.