Once owned a 1935 Packard; it had a straight block 8 cylinder engine with over 200k miles on it and ran like a champ! It was solid as a tank and it didn't hurt that gas was only 16 cents a gallon at the time.
not putting the car down . my uncle owned a wrecking yard . it was full of stuff like this . it closed and sold in the early 70's . tried to buy things off of him . i was too young and no cooperation from my parents or brothers . :-)