This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels.
The Packard Clipper Super is one of the 5640 model family from Packard.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 5.8 litres. This unit develops power and torque figures of 240 bhp (243 PS/179 kW) at 4600 rpm and 475 Nm (350 lbft/48.4 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 3 speed manual with overdrive transmission.
Full specs