Hey Old beet: The one Everett had would beat the small block chev's all the time. He ran out of Salem & worked for the Salem Speed Shop at the time.He was killed in an ultra lite plane crash a number of years ago.His shop outside of Stayton, still builds race engines.
Lakes, thanks for the reply. That was one fast Packard!! Everyone had great respect for the guy. Always went home with a trophy!!...............OLDBEET
NATER.....go for it!!!!you might try to locate a Sam Tully..Shreveport,La..he had a Packard just like the one your wanting to build..Blew all the 55-56 chevies off Was always a winner at the drags and left everyone scratching thier heads.. It was one bad *** Packard..No he was not crazy just wanted something different and he showed everone how to do it...This was in the mid fifties and everyone knew Sams Packard...