Re: Industrial or marine ?

Posted by BH On 2007/7/2 15:48:33

This was discussed in a couple forums past, but not much headway was made - except to note that a marine conversion was done on some Packard V8 engines by the Stokes Marine Co. of Michigan, which found their way into some Chris Craft boats.

One of our members has a 320-cid version of the Packard V8 that was designed for use in Hash cars, but had been used to run an irrigation pump, IIRC. I cannot tell you however, if it was offered as a bona fide industrial application, however. It now powers a '56 Patrician that he uses for daily transportation - until the hi-performance 374-cid mill he's working on is ready to go.

Meanwhile, somwhere out west, a fella is installing a highly modified Packard V8 in a Chevy Vega for a run on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

The V8 Legend Lives On...