what the hell is this ?

ok guys help me out here, I'm drawing a blank- ship steering wheel in the grill ?

WTF IS THIS ?

http://i31.tinypic.com/21o63xh.jpg

 

I think it is a Packard Clipper?

 

Packard

 

Its a 1955 Packard Clipper...

 

Yes Packard Clipper. I think its a 55.

 

lincoln? i have a 53 lincoln capri and if i remember right it had the same hood ordiment and i think they did a lot of midevil simbles and natical stuff on them? dont hold me to that and sorry bout the bad spelling

 

that explains it...clipper i.e. ship wheel- not it makes sense

 

55-56 Clipper. My favorite car. Did you know that the later Clipper didn't have "Packard" anywhere on it? It was going to be it's own line just about the time that Packard and Stude merged to make the infamous Packardbaker.

 

I could not find one stitch of id that I could read on that car anywhere.

ok, now that I got some knowledgeable guys on this thread, what engine is this ? valve covers flat like a nailhead, but it's not a nail- and also no ID on car- but I didn't get car pic

http://i28.tinypic.com/2iw9jph.jpg

 

Stock 55 Packards have 352 ci motor but that dosent look like mine this looks like a Nailhead

 

It ain't a 352 thats for sure. I never saw a Packard with a different mill in it.

 

Close, but no cigar.

 

The underhood pic is a Buick, the grille pic is a Packard - 2 different cars. Compare the cowls at the windshield base.

 

There is a 2 door hardtop that's been for sale on Craigslist in my area that is in A LOT better shape. I think he's asking $2500 and it's a 54 or 55.

 

That Packard should have electricley operated self leveling torsion bar suspension front and rear.

 

Ole dan,


I thought '56 was the first year for the torsion bar suspension (great ride by the way).

 

err... Ole don (sorry)

 

i might be wrong but is that an aftermarket intake on the mill?

 

YES, the engine is not from Packard- looking back through my pictures that engine is a NH from a mid-50's Buick, good eye

must have been from this car, which is next pic in my folder

http://i31.tinypic.com/25f29sj.jpg

 

I don't think so- the Ambassador came stock with a Holley model 4150 4-bbl carb that year. But anything's possible, did anyone make an alum. intake for the AMC 327 ?

or are you talking about the Buick NH ?

now here's one more that has me stumped- I thought this was a Mopar RB or B block, but there's no distributor up front now that I look at pic- and what is that, a carburetor, or primitive injection ?

http://i25.tinypic.com/z0ak7.jpg

 

http://maine.craigslist.org/car/614713063.html

Guess my memory is not as sharp as it used to be. Still, it's $1,000 less than I thought it was and I can't tell if it's a moredoor or not. Probabaly is.

 

That's a carburetor, Holley I believe, on what I think is a Y-block ford,,or maybe Merc

 

I scanned these pictures from my "Car Spotter's Guide".
That other engine picture is a Ford Y-Block from mid-fifties..

 

you f-ing guys are GOOD at old car ID- I went to next pic in my folder and sure enough, the picture next to that engine, is a '55 Merc
here it is

http://i31.tinypic.com/2q8y9uu.jpg

 

Scrounger, Where in NH are those cars? I'd like to take a walk around that yard.

Scrumpy

 

Well, the Buick is a '57, correct? Would that make it a 322 nailhead, or were they bigger by then? I know we don't even care about the buick- but it's a good thing to know!!!

 

It's 364" ...