The best car in my 68 years of life was a 1940 Packard 120. Straight 8 was smooth as butter and almost silent. It was the big sedan with suicide doors and mohair seats. You just walked in and sat down. The engine would press you in your seat in first and second. I was delighted the first time I drove it at night. The lucite needle on the speedometer turned from white to orange to red as the car accelerated.
The best car in my 68 years of life was a 1940 Packard 120. Straight 8 was smooth as butter and almost silent. It was the big sedan with suicide doors and mohair seats. You just walked in and sat down. The engine would press you in your seat in first and second. I was delighted the first time I drove it at night. The lucite needle on the speedometer turned from white to orange to red as the car accelerated.
Moving right along, that old flathead Packard engine is smooth, I have heard the old flathead 8 in Cadillac was also
Ask the man who owns one.