Re: "The Packard Experience" at the Gilmore

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2015/6/9 8:36:05

Just back from "The Experience" at the Gilmore, it was one of the very best Packard experiences since the 1999 Centennial and if you could have made it and didn't, you'll no doubt be kicking yourself for some time to come. Ran into Mr.Pushbutton, Mahoning63 and 64Avanti there (with his really lovely Clipper). My experiences of riding more than a few yards in early Packards are very limited so among the highlights for me were 40+ mile rides in a 1910 Model 18 and a 745 phaeton, and then later a high speed (perhaps 50 mph) run in a 1910 Model 30 sport - no windscreen so it just about rips the tear ducts from your face!! If you ignore the time it takes to shift straight spur gears thru a progressive shift pattern, these cars really can accelerate! Lots of brass era and mid-to-late 20s Packards and of course the Classics from the 30s including many previously unknown to me; a little thin on the postwar cars but the range was from 1901 thru 1957.

I'm sorting thru about 400 photos and will be posting some of them with a little commentary later today or perhaps this evening on the PAC forum and I'll provide a link here when finished, but here's a couple of teasers.

PS - still posting and editing but here's the link:http://www.packardclub.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3336

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