the straight 8 Packard, sure sounds great over 4 grand rpm. It's 327 cu in 1948, now helped by a McCulloch supercharger

it was featured in Hot Rod in 2010



http://www.hotrod.com/articles/hrdp-1002-packard-retro-rod/  for a full write up



Autoweek featured it in 2012 http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/nothing-sacred-hot-rod-packard

the inside look at a flathead Packard straight 8