New member saying hello

Posted by ChaseR On 2015/3/11 23:36:52

Hi guys,

Just wanted to take a minute to say hello to everybody. My name is Chase and I just joined the forum a couple days ago after lurking the past few weeks. I was drawn to the forum by my love of engines... I've always been fascinated by them, especially odd, or at least, non-mainstream ones.

I've been spinning wrenches on various car muscle car projects for the last 15 years... half my life, and I finally reached a burn out point.

So I started thinking about the cars that first caught my interest as a child, cars from the 20's and 30's. I'd never given much thought to owning one as never felt comfortable with the thought of driving one in modern traffic. So I decided to build myself a car that looked old but has some modern upgrades for safety.

I had my plan, so I starting thinking engines... no way would I run SBC, and a Ford Flat Head wouldn't do either, then I decided on a straight eight. Researching inline 8's led me to the best ones ever made, which led me here .

I've been reading as much as can trying to learn all things Packard, and I must say my goals for the project have changed. I no longer want to build some run of the mill Hot Rod with a unique engine...

I want to build an elegant speester, one that uses as many well-engineered Packard parts as I can. If can find a suitable (meaning otherwise non-restorable) car to start with, I have no doubt I can really build something special.