Re: "The Packard Experience" at the Gilmore

Posted by JWL On 2015/6/14 20:29:17

"So what made things so special back then?"

I'll take a shot at this.

World War II made a big difference in the cars being driven in the mid-1950s from those from before the war. The war made a big difference in most things that influenced post-war life in the U.S. The times before the war were from a different way of living. Those years were based on living through hardships brought about by the Great Depression. After the war, it was time to move on to the future, and the the future was bright for the U.S. Things were moving faster than they had before the war. The pre-war automobiles, that survived the war, were indeed old fashioned even though they were only 20 years old. The high-end and luxury automobiles could now be had at very low prices. No one wanted them. Now, a mere service station owner could have an automobile that was far beyond his means before the war.

These were interesting times.

Next.

(o{}o)