1947 PACKARD CUSTOM SUPER CLIPPER 7 PASSENGER SEDAN ON I-35 ON WAY TO SALADO, TX

[ByouDanseiKamiEnSai]

If i get the same type of clipper, and it has no overdrive feature, is it possible to install one? Even if it wasnt a packard product?

[NDrLoR]

@ByouDanseiKamiEnSai That's something I don't have the expertise to answer. It's very unlikely you'll find one without overdrive, 'tho, because they seem to have been almost universally equipped with them even 'tho they were an extra cost option.

[75capriceconvertible]

That dashboard is a work of art. And following the Super Clipper must have been fun, almost like being inside an old movie! The front-end and grille are really unusual, very jet-like; way ahead of its time

[NDrLoR]

@75capriceconvertible That's the way it was when the designers had free-reign without any interference from government safety regulations. I'm sure today's cars are much safer, but they lack the emotional appeals of those models! That was the last really attractive re-design of the 1940's--the ones that came out in '48 are called the bathtub models and very appropriately so! Thanks!

[75capriceconvertible]

@NDrLoR you hit the nail on the head Eddie: Emotional Appeal... I own the vehicles I own, and many other belongings, because they invoke emotions within me, I totally get that! And yes bathtub model is very appropriate, that's a very cool moniker

[NDrLoR]

@75capriceconvertible Thanks! And what's ironic, is that not only Packard, but both Nash and Hudson came out with models in the exact same three years '48-'50 ('51 in Nash's case) that all resemble bathtubs. Of course, that was considered streamlining, but they still look fat.

[gadgetguy2k]

At speed on Interstate 35? Impressive

[NDrLoR]

@gadgetguy2k Oh yes, with the overdrive engaged it can cruise at 70 MPH without working hard, the engine turning about 1,900 RPM.