Second Wind - a Packard Gasser

[Couper]

Looks great ZZ.... I've been thinking about connecting my engine mounts someway simlilar to what you have done. I have my spring cross member at the front end and then nothing until the trans cross member and it's bolted and not that heavy duty.

Whatda think?

[bob w]

Never a bad idea especially considering the weight of the lump sitting between the frame rails.

[zzrodder]

Originally Posted by Bamamav

I like that. Mine is similar, but I didn’t make the center removable, mine the whole thing bolts in. Yours is much better if you need to pull the pan with it still in the car. I figured if anything needed to come apart I might as well pull it all out anyway.

Your welding is better looking than mine too ZZ! I used the magic grinder and flat black paint to make mine disappear in the shadows!

Ha,ha, my welding is probably no better than yours, I too have a magic grinder to eliminate the boogers and f-ups which I use before taking pics..

Originally Posted by Couper

Looks great ZZ.... I've been thinking about connecting my engine mounts someway simlilar to what you have done. I have my spring cross member at the front end and then nothing until the trans cross member and it's bolted and not that heavy duty.

Whatda think?

Exactly what I was thinking about the twistyness of the front of the frame. The big block in mine is heavy and torquey (hopefully), so why wing it? I'll also be having tube connectors from the frame thru the firewall to a cage which should make it more rigid in case I get some air under the tires

[zzrodder]

Before going back to Arizona I felt the need to do another mock up of that 871 goodness to haunt my dreams 'till April

[Rockable]

Ooooh! Bad ass!

[zzrodder]

Put on the front sheet metal for the first time to size it up. Fenders and grille shell are pretty beat up but it's just metal that can be fixed... I may mount the headlights about where they are sitting, the stock pedestals put them up about 4". Headers are a no go, made for 567 Chevy, I'll have to chop them up to get under the fenders.. apparently no one makes fenderwell headers for a BBC in a 37 Packard

[Old Iron]

[05snopro440]

Where the scoop sits just peeking above the grille shell looks perfect! This car is going to have just the right attitude!

[kenny c]

Looks like it will be a wild ride.

[DozerII]

That is looking so COOL