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RogerDetroit

1932 Twin Six Testimonial Letter

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As I have mentioned in the past, the Packard Proving Grounds has begun scanning 40,000+ documents in our archives.

Phil, one of our volunteers, came across this letter from the President of McFarland Steel of Philadelphia. He owned a model 906, Twin-Six, seven passenger sedan and wanted to let his Packard dealer know his experience with the car.

The letter is attached for your review. He seems pleased enough.

--Roger--

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Posted on: 2018/1/23 21:06

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Cli55er

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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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Ozstatman

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Suspect the Chauffeur took care of the driving.

Posted on: 2018/1/24 14:57

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ah....good point.

Posted on: 2018/1/24 14:59

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Ernie Vitucci

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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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Owen_Dyneto

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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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DrMorbius

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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

Owen_Dyneto

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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