911SC, first of the great 911s in my opinion, power brakes, aluminum crank case meaning longer lasting engines, I owned a a Red 911SC for five years from 2000. Loved every minute of it. did 80,000 miles on it. in 5 years, aside from normal servicing, my 911 cost $300 in spare parts - replace fuel pump, and remove starter, disassemble solenoid, clean and reassemble then install. I miss my 911SC. Now they are three times the price to buy! I think Porsche should build them again, I lament the passing of the aircooler. Love the 'unique futuristic whirring sound' of the air cooled flat six.' Never get tired of it! It sounded like instant power and acceleration on tap, ready to go! When passing another car at 60 mph, I would drop it to fourth or third and accelerate, then, when I had passed the slower car, and I eased off the accelerator, I was often surprised the car was doing 100 mph in that short overtaking exercise. Had so much fun in my 911SC, I was 41 when bought it and my buddies accused me of having a mid life crisis! Gave up protesting their unfair statements and started saying, well, it's my midlife crisis and I'm gonna enjoy it!
You might want to wear your seat belt when you drive. -- especially in a very small, very old car where even a small accident would injure you badly. Also the overspray from that respray is pretty astonishing. The door jambs have the white plastic light switches painted (which they weren't) and in the engine bay there's paint on the coolant overflow bottle and some hoses. I've never seen that before. The engine bay should have been masked a lot better or at least that paint removed after the painting. Okay, that's my criticism for the day! The MGB GT was a great looking car but it's also an oven inside on hot days, one of the main reasons I sold my '74 a few years ago and replaced it with a roadster. I miss the BGT but if I ever got another one, it would have to have a/c added, I'm afraid. The rear side windows pop out a little, supposedly for airflow, but that makes zero difference. Despite these issues, the car looks pretty nice. A lot of MG owners shun the so-called "pillow dash" on this car because it eliminated the glove box and it looks a bit, well, clunky. The '74 I had (plus I think the '73s) had a regular dash with a glovebox. Earlier cars had a pretty metal dash that looked really classic.
“That was a nicely built car!” I heard their is a new car company that want to make new models of the classic packard car. I would like to get a modern version with all the classic bells and whistles and plus all the modern amenities like three sixty camera and nice leather seats and maybe a front massage chair in the drivers seat. That classic design would turn heads on the road for sure.
Sadly, this was very true. Didn't stand a chance. And just 10-years or so earlier flush with cash after war contracts. There are many reasons leading up to the decline of packard. No OHV V8, too many resources and time dedicated to design and build of their own automatic transmission, purchasing the Connor Avenue Chrysler plant to build the '55s, losing Briggs Manufacturing for bodies prior to the intro of the '55 and having to "tool up", no credit and no cash on hand by '56.
Jeffery, you are absolutely correct about that to the tune of some 50,000 V12 engines under contract from Rolls Royce. did you know they also produced the marine variant too for the famous PT boats? These government contracts were profitable for Packard at that time and at the end of the war, they were in great shape on the balance sheet.
the wheel is simply a change of the center horn button cover. Snaps in and out if you want to go back to the clunky plastic original. And yes, even the operators manual instructions suggest you drive the car immediately at reasonable power and speed.
Good Eye! It quit a few years ago one day. I suspect 25k miles ago. These SC variants are incredibly robust cars and excessive miles doesn't seem to matter much to the integrity of of mechanical components, suspension, body or interior if you maintain them and don't abuse too much. Thanks for your interest.
The transmisson is actually a borgwarner used in many brands studbaker in 1951 ohv 232.6 v8 and 1953 fordomatic air cooled torqcoverter transmissons clear through 1958 as a water cooled transmission 1959 was 3 spped cruiseamatic by ford.
This car has the Ultramatic automatic transmission engineered and produced by Packard still. The Packard Motor Car Company's trademarked automatic transmission, Ultramatic, was introduced in 1949 and produced until 1956. From 1949 to 1954, it was produced at Packard's Detroit, Michigan, East Grand Boulevard factory. From late 1954 to 1956, it was produced at the new Packard "Utica" facility in Utica, Michigan. the Ultramatic Drive was replaced by Borg-Warner's Flightomatic transmission, beginning in the 1957 model year. This powertrain combination would also be used on the 1957 and 1958 Packard ranges of Studebaker-based models, in lieu of the Packard V8 and Ultramatic.
'66 GT40 my butt Shelby America collection has Ken Miles car on loan. Right hand drive with the Shifter by the only door the car has, which is on the right.
I've loved this car since I was a little kid. Chassis #1075 is what I would have if I can one day afford a Superformance. What's even cooler is how obsessed my son is with cars and racing.
these are cruisers and none of the luxury cars of the era had tachometers to measure and display engine RPMs. The tach instrument was reserved for sports cars where horsepower was made at high rpms. These old luxury cars ran low rpms and boasted torque at low RPMS to get the big sleds moving along and run quietly while doing so.
Bought a 98 dually 454 with NV4500 few years back. 70k miles on it now. Haul wood in the winter, tow camper in the summer. If you have one of these go ahead and save yourself the trouble and replace ALL brake lines with new ones. They are notorious for rusting and splitting, especially at this age. Great video, thanks!
The major markets of Europe, Great Britain, America and Japan shaped and dictated high end automobiles for the decade before and after this car and then beyond .....each country did things their own many but the cross pollination of ideas and admiration was there....the purity and focus of purpose is a result of the pre-tech time period.....but it is now seen as the sweet spot of driver focused production
