Re: Continuing the Packard
Posted by Mahoning63 On 2012/9/3 11:45:29
Pulled some numbers from Fyreline's post and the Standard Catalogue for '56 and '57 then guestimated a proposed line-up assuming merger or love w/out marriage where platforms were reduced from 4 to 2 - Rambler and Packard.
Looking at the actuals it is pretty clear that the compact car class of engines got shortchanged in both variety and horsepower while redundancy occurred in the medium and large car segments.
The proposed line-up reduces the engine families to 2 and aligns each with the vehicle platform it would power. Since the medium-sized Studebaker and Nash would go away, no engine would be needed for them. The new Sixes would provide compact, lightweight power for the Rambler-based cars and eliminate the need for a nose-heavy V8 option. The money that Romney spent on the new AMC V8 would instead pay for this new family of Sixes and benefit both Nash and Studebaker just as Packard's new engine family would benefit Hudson and Packard. Guestimated the horsepower that Packard's proposed 440 V8 would have developed by extrapolating from the 374 V8.
Studebaker truck would tap both families of engines.
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Looking at the actuals it is pretty clear that the compact car class of engines got shortchanged in both variety and horsepower while redundancy occurred in the medium and large car segments.
The proposed line-up reduces the engine families to 2 and aligns each with the vehicle platform it would power. Since the medium-sized Studebaker and Nash would go away, no engine would be needed for them. The new Sixes would provide compact, lightweight power for the Rambler-based cars and eliminate the need for a nose-heavy V8 option. The money that Romney spent on the new AMC V8 would instead pay for this new family of Sixes and benefit both Nash and Studebaker just as Packard's new engine family would benefit Hudson and Packard. Guestimated the horsepower that Packard's proposed 440 V8 would have developed by extrapolating from the 374 V8.
Studebaker truck would tap both families of engines.
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