Re: Fun with used cars
Posted by Ross On 2024/7/4 21:27:18
With so much exposure to (mostly) postwar Packards I have a long list of favorite features, engines, mechanisms etc. that tickle my fancy and have served me well. Being a contrarian some features are dear to me simply because so many people talk trash (or more often only repeat trash) about them.
I picked up a gutted 54 Pacific at auction because NO ONE else bid on it and it will form the basis of a hardtop Packup with many special Packard features. After parting out so many cars over the years its not hard for me to have all my favorite things. Here are a few highlights planned:
Contour body style with hardtop roofline. Torsion level chassis from a 56 Clipper, but fitted with '54 senior brakes front and rear, and yes, a Treadlevac. Steering is manual. A 288 straight eight (because they rev more readily) ported and relieved and fitted with the stunningly reliable Carter WGD 2bbl carb which has better tip-in for secondary road driving then the 53-54 4 bbls. And of course a generator, and points. Power transfer is by '54 Gear Start Ultramatic in an aluminum case. The rear is from a '55 to fit the T-L chassis, but the pumpkin is a 3.23 from a '53 Clipper.
I am looking for a Senior radio delete plate.
Finished (mostly) detailing up the powerplant today.
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I picked up a gutted 54 Pacific at auction because NO ONE else bid on it and it will form the basis of a hardtop Packup with many special Packard features. After parting out so many cars over the years its not hard for me to have all my favorite things. Here are a few highlights planned:
Contour body style with hardtop roofline. Torsion level chassis from a 56 Clipper, but fitted with '54 senior brakes front and rear, and yes, a Treadlevac. Steering is manual. A 288 straight eight (because they rev more readily) ported and relieved and fitted with the stunningly reliable Carter WGD 2bbl carb which has better tip-in for secondary road driving then the 53-54 4 bbls. And of course a generator, and points. Power transfer is by '54 Gear Start Ultramatic in an aluminum case. The rear is from a '55 to fit the T-L chassis, but the pumpkin is a 3.23 from a '53 Clipper.
I am looking for a Senior radio delete plate.
Finished (mostly) detailing up the powerplant today.
Attach file:
IMG_0893.JPG (967.59 KB)
IMG_0891.JPG (1,655.85 KB)
IMG_0889.JPG (1,414.10 KB)
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