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PackardV8 wrote:
"didn't read the part about no lean in cornering"
I do not notice any body roll going into curves on 2-lane open hiway eve nat speeds of 65 to 70 mph. None at all. But then again i'm running heavy truck shocks front and rear. Not passenger car shocks. But shocks are only a partial factorr.
Pat Green wrote:
Everything needs to consider the standards of the day, when the softest ride was "best". TL got there as softly as anyone, but without all the wallowing, which was an accomplishment.
Good points. The Packard T/L, as a product of it's time, may very well be "Best of its Day"-- and the writers of the day were not dreaming when they said that body roll was, compared to other cars, almost negligible.
Regarding the "Dive" characteristics on braking, that may well have been over-hyped, but the "Squat" on acceleration was truly almost non-existent. In fact, when set up properly, the rear of a Packard T/L car will actually RISE on acceleration. Significantly. Watch from the side of the car when someone accelerates away briskly from a stop. I've witnessed it many times. That rear end goes UP not down.
As far as this being some kind of blindly loyal homage to the T/L and its advantages, I want to reiterate, that is not my intention. It had its limitations. But for a 100% bonafide NON-ELECTRONICALLY enhanced and NON-AIR-BAG self-leveling suspension, T/L is an elegant, almost unbelievable (for its time) achievement.
I just think that there are more true stories out there that attest to real-world capabilities of the T/L, and I'd like to hear them. Sometimes it seems to me that there is an unwillingness to celebrate this achievement, even among Packard people.
Critical commentary is certainly welcome, and we need to give other makes credit where credit is due, but to me, the T/L suspension makes the V8 Packards more special than the V8 does.
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