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Re: 1932 Twin Six Testimonial Letter
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read my paper at 85-90mph....wtf! looks like looking at your smartphone and texting wasn't a new thing after all.
Posted on: 2018/1/24 14:54
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1937 Packard 138-CD Deluxe Touring Limousine
Maroon/Black 1090-1021 [url=https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/registry/View.php?ID=232]1955 Packard |
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Re: 1932 Twin Six Testimonial Letter
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Suspect the Chauffeur took care of the driving.
Posted on: 2018/1/24 14:57
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/o[]o\ ====  Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia "Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche. 1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD 1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD 1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD 1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD What's this?  Put your Packard in the Packard Vehicle Registry! Here's how! Any questions - PM or email me at ozstatman@gmail.com |
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Re: 1932 Twin Six Testimonial Letter
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ah....good point.
Posted on: 2018/1/24 14:59
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1937 Packard 138-CD Deluxe Touring Limousine
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Wow...I wonder what roads were long enough and good enough for such speed. I also wonder if the 1932 Packard could go that fast? If this fellow is telling the truth, then the power and the ride are most impressive! Ernie
Posted on: 2018/1/24 18:04
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Caretaker of the 1949-288 Deluxe Touring Sedan
'Miss Prudence' and the 1931 Model A Ford Tudor 'Miss Princess' 
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The prestigious British publication MoTor found the top speed of an 1100 Eight sedan to be about 86 mph. The Twelves had another 40 or so horsepower but a penalty of several hundred pounds of weight; I'd guess the Twelves in 7-passenger sedan form probably had a top end just a bit more than 90 mph. I do have copies of some proving grounds reports on Twelves, I'll look for them later.
As for safe roads for such speeds, almost nonexistent.
Posted on: 2018/1/24 21:07
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either his chauffer was a crazy bastard or the owner had nuts the size of grapefruits.
Posted on: 2018/1/25 12:26
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1937 Packard 138-CD Deluxe Touring Limousine
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I suppose you don't need an overdrive to cruse the highways with this Packard?
Steve
Posted on: 2018/1/25 17:42
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To drive the way we do today, yes you'd either want a high speed ring and pinion, or overdrive, if for nothing else than to give longer engine life. These heavy monsters had quite high (numerically) rear axles. The majority of our roads were still unpaved and those where you could average even 50 or 55 mph were few and the cars were geared accordingly.
Posted on: 2018/1/25 18:01
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Makes total sense. Thanks for the info!
Posted on: 2018/1/27 23:36
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