Re: Early Packard Woody Wagons

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2013/3/28 8:48:02

Tim, thanks for filling in story about the fire and damage to the car at Paul Lamb's - I was unaware of that incident. Paul also had another car I'm sure you remember, his 34 1104 Dietrich convertible victoria. That was the car used for the cover of the Automobile Quarterly issued to celebrate Packard's history in 1962. If anyone here doesn't have that issue of AQ and can find one, I'm sure it will be worth the cost. C. P. Hornung's little "Ode to Packard" almost brought tears to my eyes when I read it, I guess I can quote it here:

Like muffled drums bestilled, the purr of
once proud pistons, silent as the stygian night,
no longer do you conquer time and space nor
serve a thousand whims to ride upon the wind.
Your passage bright, prestitious and with promise
of immortal fame, your laurel coronet held high,
its diadem of glory undimmed, untarnished,
yet feeds the flicker of a smouldering flame.