70 Year Old Letter

[wdaly]

Exactly - plus we turned the AC OFF!😳

[mfg]

Jay Leno bought a ‘56 Packard Caribbean convertible last year just like the one I owned several years ago… One of only fifteen black and white examples… !

[mfg]

Sure would have been interesting if the 400+ cubic inch Packard V8 was kept in production and ended up under the hood of the Avanti!!

[Desert Driver]

On 1/15/2025 at 9:30 AM, mfg said:

Sure would have been interesting if the 400+ cubic inch Packard V8 was kept in production and ended up under the hood of the Avanti!!

With that beast under the hood, you wouldn't need to turn on the heater to keep warm during a midwest winter! Store it in the summer.

[64studeavanti]

400+ cu in engine? I thought the largest Packard production engine was 374 cu in.

[mfg]

2 hours ago, 64studeavanti said:

400+ cu in engine? I thought the largest Packard production engine was 374 cu in.

It was…. However, with it’s exceptionally wide cylinder bore spacing… it’s said the Packard V8 block had a potential for well over 400 CI.