Leicester's Bygone's

I had its predessessor, the P6, in a 1939 Packard 8, of course it was no longer an 8 by then. Great motor, great car, didn’t need a fan it was cool enough without. Until I was transferred for several weeks to work for Charlie Dormer in Leytonstone and drove it down there. In the traffic jams on the N.Circular, no ram air, it started to boil up. I did the last few miles in 2 mile hops. :open_mouth:

The only other drawback was that the Packard had a 3 speed box plus overdrive, but you couldn’t drop it out of that until the revs dropped, so meeting a hill halfway up, still in overdrive, then, when it dropped the speed was too slow for 3rd etc… :unamused: :laughing: :laughing: