Re: It's an Atomic Packard!

Posted by Daniel Leininger On 2009/3/1 11:03:40
Wow!
I think this link 'Atomic' forum has achieved 'critical mass' in the last week.

Thanks to everybody who has posted their interest and detective work on the 'Fitzjohn' body works history. These are fascinating tidbits of auto history. I don't know how much the National Atomic Museum knows about the origins of their 'buggy.'

I will forward an email and another link to Jim Walther, the Museum director. He can forward it to their curator. These new data and links you each have added to the forum here might interest the curator in doing his/her detective work on the old 42 Clipper Limo.

IN THE BIGGER PICTURE ~ There are so many wonderful old vehicles whose stories are documented and told on this website. What a great place "Packard Info" is for compliing this stuff and consolidating the knowledge and wisdom of Packard-people a virtual format accessible world-wide.

Example, this Atomic Packard started out as 'just a long Taxi.' It was not trying to make a place in history. But like many of the Packards on this website it has been 'resurrected' from the scrapheap. Most of the others have been (and are still being) 'resurrected' from whatever scrap-piles may remain in USA, Canada, Europe, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Norse Clubs, South Africa, OZ, (and I apologize for leaving out some member posts that I can't remember, off hand).

And everybody can add their 'preservation' storyto the mix.
Keep it up.

DanL

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