Re: How fast have you been in a Packard?

Posted by WC On 2013/11/2 11:44:16

While in college/grad school, I had 2 '56 Clippers at the same time (1967-72, approx). A Deluxe with 3-speed and no o/d and a Super with Uglymatic. The Deluxe had a 3.54 and the Super had 3.07 final gears. The only other difference was dual exhaust on the Super and single on the Deluxe, both had the 2 bbl carb. I never tried to go all out top end but the Deluxe could sprint around traffic on a 2 lane road faster than the Super and would set me back in the seat @ 70 when I stood on it. I had both up to an indicated 90 more than once and each was happy to cruise at 70 and 80. It seemed the speedo on the Super was more optimistic than the Deluxe but there was no GPS for a comparison. I always wondered if Packard was very choosy about the speedo gears...