Engine builders are a different breed, and then there are those who want to build a Packard V8 to compete in HOT ROD's 2015 AMSOIL Engine Masters Challenge. First available in 1955, there has never ...

We were all set to go over to Europe for today's engine, because the last couple have been American... but then Teargas let us know about the video after the jump, and it was impossible not to go with ...

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Even though it managed to survive the Great Depression, Packard eventually disappeared in the 1950s, being unable to compete with Detroit giants like Ford, Chrysler, and GM. Following a merger with ...

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Power rating: 596.6 kW (800 hp) at 2,000 rpm Displacement: 41.6 L (2,539.55 cu in.) Bore and Stroke: 162 mm (6.375 in.

As a youth, I was interested in all things automotive and as I read about the classic marques, one name kept coming up as an example of grace, reliability and value: Packard. The brand was held in ...

Q: Greg, I just found an article you did online on the Studebaker Golden Hawk from nearly 10 years ago. In that column I didn’t see anything about the straight-drive factory overdrive three-speed ...

No, it's not a Merlin. Even though Packard produced Rolls-Royce Merlins under licence during the Second World War Two, the 4M-2500 is an altogether different kettle of fish. It was designed before the ...

History in books is important, but history in the form of relics makes those recitations of fact come alive. That’s ...