Packard Boattail Speedster
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2 12 June 2020, 20:19
Ron DysonMan, I love that Packard .....There was one on e-bay but the shipping cost was turning my stomach at the time ......lol
nice job .....like the colour sceme .
14 June 2020, 12:45
Curtis CadenIn Ohio we have two great museums that have inspired me. The National Packard Museum
1899 Mahoning Ave N.W. Warren, Ohio 44483 and The Citizens Motorcar Company, (dba America's Packard Museum) 420 South Ludlow Street Dayton Ohio 45402 USA. I have donated two Hubley kits to the later museum. My wife loves my latest Packard build and likes it in convertible mode. Thank you all for your kind remarks.
17 June 2020, 16:02
Curtis CadenThank you Spanjaard, Mark, Tom and Bill. I will have to say that my wife Janice picked the colors.
18 June 2020, 12:35
Curtis CadenChristian where I would like to go is Technik Museum Sinsheim. I would love to see all the cool cars there. sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en/
20 June 2020, 14:57
Nigel ChapmanCompliments to your wife for the perfect colour combo and to you for a nice build.
20 June 2020, 15:11
Christian W@Curtis... I know! It's a very long time ago I were there. It must be 15 years now. I love that place. Not only the cars are so nice. Everything around technic is so nice arranged.
20 June 2020, 17:32
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Downstream in the drivetrain, buyers got the new-for-1930 four-speed transmission, which included an extra-tall first gear that most drivers never used. With a 1:1 fourth gear, the transmission was not an overdrive unit, so Packard gave the 734 Speedster a 3.31:1 final-drive ratio to better approach that magical 100 MPH the car was built for. Famed aviator Charles Lindbergh is said to have driven the 734 prototype to a speed of 109 MPH at the Packard proving grounds in Detroit. As with the lower-compression engine, buyers could opt for the 4.07 final drive gear that most other Packards came with.
