)in an otherwise clapped-out prewar Packard coupe (i.e., not worth restoring to original) for a KILLER street rod with a totally different drivetrain?!?... 
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Jack Vines has successfully mated a Viper T56 to the Packard V8, and if you can get a Packard V8 manual bellhousing and flywheel, a Ford trans will bolt right up to them, provided they are '64 and back versions, or transmissions with the dual bolt pattern, IE, early and late Ford. I think some of the Mustang 5 speeds were made this way.
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I'm picturing a '35-'40 120 or 110...Packard wires...appearing totally stock, other than the shifter for the tranny (unless it's a '35-38, then I'd adapt the stock shift lever)..!!...then, when ya pop the hood, 352-374 inches of Packard V-8!! Maybe even the twin 4-bbl...
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It's a great idea, and one I enthusiastically approve of. With a T56 though, your shifter would be all the way back by the seat, so a modified '38 style shifter would be out of the question.
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MIDan wrote: ...how cool would it be to put a '55-'56 Packard V-8 with a 5 or 6-speed manual transmission (real street rods have 3 pedals... Some time ago BigKev IIRC floated a very similar idea but without I think the 5/6 speed. Kev may be able to locate the thread on that as I've had no luck in doing so.
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Just make sure you put it on a Torsion Level chassis!
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I'm not good at mentally picturing this stuff...isn't the prewar body too narrow for the TL chassis?
Mind you, I LOVE that addition to my idea...
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If you have a rusty body to begin with you can make it fit. You'll have to be replacing metal anyway, and as long as you go with a Clipper chassis I would think it would work with some modification. If my parts car was a Clipper instead of a Patrician, my Speedster would be having T/L instead of the '37 115c chassis.
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i started down this road. and eric and i have discussed the car. a 40, 110 sedan, with a pack v/8 ultra-torque kit and a "modernized" push button set up. but it didn't get far before i moved. then it got sold
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There is a company (cant remember the name) that sells trans adapters for Packard inline 8's to mate them to a GM auto i emailed them a while back (I'll see if I saved the email) and asked if there adapters would work with a manual they said it would and they could custom drill a flywheel for the application. i would like to see one with a T-5 5 speed personally as there a fairly inexpensive trans.
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