Re: Not Your Everyday Packard, Tales of a 30s sedan

Posted by Tim Cole On 2011/7/29 21:56:28

Dear hooked on 240:

I can't afford projects like that and so I don't have much of an opinion.

When I was a kid there was an old lady who owned a mint 901 sedan right down to the original glass. I don't know what happened to it.

Over the years I have seen lots of classics go from nice original to junk because the owners wouldn't sell and then died. When you see an original custom bodied Packard pile of junk with a 1973 New Jersey state inspection sticker on the windshield it really sets you back. On the road in 73, through the top of the market, and then junked.

Out behind Hibernia there used to be a 33 Coupe Roadster that was rotted into the ground. Really bad.

But hey, back in the 50's George Jepson and Bob Turnquist were driving Packards home and torching them for parts.

So have fun with your car.