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[Bob Riebe]

 

Trévoux arranged for a Packard 200 to be shipped to Carrozzeria Rocco Motto in Turin, Italy, where a new body shell was constructed, reportedly in aluminum panels over steel tubing similar to Touring Superleggera style. Considerably lower and slimmer than the Detroit product, the Motto was easily many hundreds of pounds lighter than the production Packard Club Sedan, which tipped the scales at 3650 lbs.

 

 

The 327 cubic-inch Packard Thunderbolt straight eight (above) was upfitted with a reground camshaft and four Stromberg carburetors with a sheet-metal fresh-air box. (See our feature on the mighty Packard straight eight here.) The ignition system appears to be a twin-coil setup, but upon closer inspection the second coil is a spare. No power figures appear to be available, but we note for reference that the stock production version for 1953 was rated at 180 hp at 4000 rpm.

 

 

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I would love to get one of those engines and with a similar set-up see what Kasse could get out of it.

Edited by Bob Riebe, 01 August 2021 - 03:56.

[ray b]

I ran a boat lift /elevator that could lift a 70ft motor or sail yacht

powered by a ww2 packard flathead 8 on propane

ran super smooth and never stalled

motor and gears spools ect were off a LST anchor winch to get back off the beach

so some factory intended that packard 8 to power the device

 

marina was a ww2 navy seaplane base in miami

lots of packard motors wound up in odd places as pumps generators and other uses

saw an other one powering a huge air-raid siren  on the roof of a tall building

[Magoo]

The car reportedly still exists in a private collection in Mexico City, but I don't know anyone who has seen it. If the body construction is as reported -- formed aluminum panels bolted or riveted to a steel conduit superstructure in the Touring Superleggera manner --- it may be a pile of rubble by now.