bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
Wrap it up. I'll take it.[dr
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Old Iron
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Oh yea 
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
Gotta love the oddball engines. Hard to find, expensive to rebuild and difficult to adapt. But cool as blazes.
That Packard must breathe pretty well.
That Packard must breathe pretty well.
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
They were only in production for 2 yrs. until Packards demise. With 5" bore spacing, they had their sights on going way over 400 cu.in. to compete with Cadillac. The intakes flowed well but they went with the same exhaust port layout as Caddy, Studebaker and AMC, having the siamesed center one, a flow limiting factor. A terrible oil pump led to a ton of recalls for burned up bearings, the clock ran out on fixing their issues and it's just history now.
If a company has deep enough pockets, they can get by stuff like that, remember the Ford flathead V8 had a lot of reliability problems in it's first year or so but they stuck with it and it went on till the early 50's.
Yep, you can turn just about any lump into a hotrod engine if you throw enough money at it, but common sense and a skinny wallet usually puts the brakes on that - usually
If a company has deep enough pockets, they can get by stuff like that, remember the Ford flathead V8 had a lot of reliability problems in it's first year or so but they stuck with it and it went on till the early 50's.
Yep, you can turn just about any lump into a hotrod engine if you throw enough money at it, but common sense and a skinny wallet usually puts the brakes on that - usually
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
![karbs 003[1].jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodsrule/data/attach/152/152599-karbs-003-1-.jpg)
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
Bob, that is too wild. I going to check You Tube for it. See if it runs, is practical.
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Me too... must be a hoot to drive!!! [dr
Old Iron
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I bet it has a wicked powerband
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not the truck but pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8YO3Zk-B3M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8YO3Zk-B3M
