2004年5月22日 · Greetings, All,In the standard transmission thread, a separate discussion began regarding the performance capabilities of the Packard V8. I thought it might be useful to have this in its' own subject/title.IMHO, the Packard V8 came with a lot of cast iron for the money. However, as it came from P...

2011年6月23日 · Does anyone have or know about the Packard minesweeper engines built in the 1950s? They are non magnetic - all aluminum, stainless steel, copper and brass, 4 valve per cylinder, overhead cam turbo diesels, used both for propulsion and also for powering the generators that created magnetic field t...

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2003年6月21日 · Fonz: Here is some more history of the Packard ultramatic. Packard was the only independent car maker to design and build thier own automatic transmision. Studebaker also had an automatic transmision but it was a Borg Warner trans. The ultramtic was designed with the help of the Detroit Gear Comapny the transmission cost $7 million to develop. GM brought a …

2002年12月27日 · Tim, Be careful, Packard as well as other makes used a 6 volt coil with a ballast resistor on the primary lead. The ballast resistor reduced the voltage from 12 to 6 volts. Only on starting with the key in the start position and during starting is 12 volts applied to the coil. When your ignition key is in the run position the 12 volts is applied to the ballast resistor and 6 …

2007年11月28日 · Most Packard trunks from the factory where "K" trunks, and several styles were offered and perhaps several makes. Also some cars were delivered with 6-wheel equipment (meaning sidemounted spares and trunk rack) but the trunk which was a separate option purchased from the dealer or another source.

2016年1月3日 · This NOS aftermarket head for the following Packard engines 356, 359, 288, and 327 Aluminum head I bought this from Don Summer in the Mid 1990. never installed. $2600/ $2450

2012年3月29日 · I have noticed several shades of Packard green engine paint. Do different series have different shades? If not is there one correct color and what is it?

2024年4月26日 · Basically they are taking all of the Hirsch existing Packard inventory and tooling. Hubcap and other parts. They expect to be able to fill orders in the June time frame from what I read. As the universe of suppliers for a lot of prewar cars gets a bit smaller good news on the Packard front, I think. Always do well with these guys...

2010年12月21日 · One of my interests is custom bodied Packards, especially one offs, but also series customs and I'd like to ask people to post photos of custom bodied Packards, not just your favorites, but anything, American or European. I look forward to see what you all come up with. Dave [email protected]