Detroit’s Packard Plant cranked out 70,000 engines during wartime
PT boats! Kittyhawks! Hurricanes with 40mm guns to rip open Nazi tanks! Mosquito bombers! And, of course, the mighty P-51 Mustang! What do all these marvelous manifestations of the Allies’ mechanized might have in common? Why, they’re all powered by might V12 motors assembled by America’s Master Motor Builder: Packard. …