PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck - Jalopnik Comments

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

FuzzyPlushroom — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:20:34 EDT

@grrrr: That's what you get with the Ford... well, minus the suspension, maybe.

FuzzyPlushroom

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

Mike the Dog — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:20:49 EDT

@Mike the Dog: Did I say rear? I meant front.

Mike the Dog

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

DeadFlorist — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:42:12 EDT

Wow, these are some seriously optimistic prices. It is patently unreasonable to pay over $10k for anybody's castoff project unless the make listed on the title ends in an -i. This having been said, the Ford looks like it once had a hand crank-operated windshield, and if you're throwing a Packard eight into it, at least you should be able to enjoy the aromas of the various clouds of smoke it is emitting. You paid for them, after all.

DeadFlorist

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

SLR_BlowerMania — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:02:33 EDT

UDMan deserves a Star for this find...oops..too late. Give him another one. Great Find.

SLR_BlowerMania

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

Mike the Dog — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:51:25 EDT

@UDMan: Wow, good one! I love places like that, they remind me of the small town I lived in as a wee one...

Mike the Dog

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

Mike the Dog — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:48:55 EDT

@slantsick: Exactly!

Mike the Dog

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

Mike the Dog — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:45:02 EDT

I voted Pontiac, but then I started thinking about it. If you add some framerail extensions to mount the radiator about 2 feet forward, and move the engine mounts up to, say, right between the front wheels, all there is left to do is fab up a new front end and head out to your local cruise night to wow the ladies with your custom bodywork. Oh, yeah. You might want to drive carefully until you figure out what putting that much weight forward of the rear axle does to the handling.

Mike the Dog

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

ShastaMcNasty — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:40:27 EDT

Hood 1' shorter than engine block = Super Hell Potential! '29 Ford all the way.

ShastaMcNasty

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

way2bee — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:29:02 EDT

It has to be the pickup - the Pontiac is cool, but a straight 6 or 8 in an old pickup is about as good as it gets.

Good call on the 48 star flag, too - well done - there are those of us who remember when Hawaii and Alaska were not part of the country and old cars were nearly 50 years newer.

way2bee

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

UDMan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:14:49 EDT

Pictures are one thing, but taking the the entire experience of the shop, and these vehicles in person was, to say the least, interesting. It was a typical day I had at a non productive dealer in East Syracuse, when I just left, drove down Molloy Drive, and saw these vehicles on the trailer. Well, I decided to stop, and entered the front of the shop.

Talk about being a kid in a candy store. You would be amazed at all the paraphernalia in the front. Old gauges in boxes, gaskets, headers, distributors, brake rotors, trim pieces, all on shelves, some unlabeled. Then I introduced myself to the owner, asked if I could shoot some pictures of the vehicles in front, and he said go ahead. But before I did, he took me on a tour of his operation. It has space enough for 6 cars in one side of the shop, and at least 6 more in an addition. to my left was a customers 1969 Mustang Sports Roof that was in getting a Disc Brake upgrade, a 1972 Plymouth Road Runer getting new shocks, and exhaust system, an older Ford Ranger having it's bumper re-welded (This is Upstate NY after all), and there was a Ford Model A Sedan body, without a frame set off to one side. On a lift in the back was a 1964 T-Bird Convertible, having some rust spots taken care of, and some re-wiring of the top mechanism. Outside, was a customers 32 Duce Coupe, in for some carburetor adjustment, and a decrepit 72 Corvette that needed a complete restoration.

The owner (Tom) was obviously proud of his shop, and the work he and his crew does. He seems busy, and is doing OK since he expanded his shop recently. This was a very enjoyable experience, and just wanted to share.

UDMan

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

akirachan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:55:08 EDT

with the packard engine, the pontiac screams, "rocky mountain bugatti!"

akirachan

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

NovaloadMissesPolar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:53:48 EDT

@slantsick: Spoken like a true lunatic, Sir.

But I went for Pontiac. This hell is subtle--what will you do with it? How will you make it more special than the other oldies out there--rat rod? Painstaking back to original? Nah, both done to death. Lie awake nights, fretting over the perfect way to trick this baby out.

NovaloadMissesPolar

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

Slantsick goes hybrid: Burns Oil and Rubber — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:40:29 EDT

The Pontiac would definitely be cooler. But the Ford pickup would be more hellish. You guys are all taking the easy way out- cut a hole in the firewall? Pfft. The obvious PCH solution would be to stretch the nose.

Slantsick goes hybrid: Burns Oil and Rubber

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

grrrr — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:38:24 EDT

I voted for the pontiac, but there should have been a third option of just buying the motor, bolting a seat, tranny, and some suspension to it and driving that around.

grrrr

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

lowmiles — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:55:31 EDT

The Ford. You could fit maybe half, possibly 3/4ths of that massive straight-8 in the engine compartment. Hope you like your legs getting burned!

lowmiles

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

FuzzyPlushroom — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:50:14 EDT

@SundaySunday: Same here. The Packard engine would sure fit nicely in that bed!

FuzzyPlushroom

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

SundaySunday — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:46:58 EDT

If I had to use the Packard block, I'd go with the Ford, but I really like where they were going putting LT1 guts into that Pontiac.

SundaySunday

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

texajeff — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:33:13 EDT

I had to go with the Pontiac because, hey, "ALL THE HARD WORK IS DONE".

texajeff

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

13thfloorelevator — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:28:42 EDT

This is too easy. These are both pre war vehicles with at least 4 wheels each, some of which probably turn. I know, I know, the engine, yes. That Pontiac is beautiful though.

13thfloorelevator

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

muleshoe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:24:16 EDT

Got to have enough hood to get it under.

muleshoe

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

kingedwin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:21:03 EDT

Ford, simply because the engine bay is really, really short, and the Packard motor is really, really long. Lots of fabrication involved.

kingedwin

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

DrJimmy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:15:34 EDT

GM. That's General Motors, Baby.

FORD=Found On Road, Dead.

DrJimmy

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

smokeydog001 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:58:09 EDT

The Ford. Good for any Okie headed for the grapes of wrath on a Sat. nite.

smokeydog001

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

om nom de plume — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:51:55 EDT

Pontiac please, not only for the chance to live out a Dave Chappelle bit on a daily basis but because the truck just could never be worth it to me. a)it's a Ford
b) I require leg room, so I'll stick with the engine by my leg in my retro-tastic late 70's Dodge snub-nose RV for that experience, for the long trips parts hunting on the Pontiac!

om nom de plume

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

vwminispeedster — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:48:35 EDT

is that a packard in your pontiac or are you just happy to see me?

vwminispeedster

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

P161911 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:48:23 EDT

Just put the engine in the bed and make the pickup mid engine.

P161911

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

DannyBN — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:45:16 EDT

The wheels on the pickup are (I'm pretty sure) from a Pinto.

Pinto = fire

Fire = Hell

I go with the pickup due to my own contrived reasoning.

DannyBN

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

Benito — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:43:16 EDT

You had me at "'37 Pontiac".

Benito

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

Braff Wayne — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:34:56 EDT

The Pontaic... so I could constantly say "Nyaah, see! Stay outta here coppers... nyaah!"

Braff Wayne

PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck

layabout — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:34:05 EDT

Ford pick up,with some cool snake skin style tyres & lambo doors,then i'd go racing NSX's

layabout