Re: Salado 2009

Posted by JWL On 2009/3/30 11:19:22

Dave, I took several photos of the car and will get them posted. According to the information provided it was built at Central Motors (the old Auburn plant) in Connersville, Ind. by Darrin. My knowledge of Darrin-Packard history is pretty thin, so don't know if Darrin was directly involved at this time. The owner and restorers had a photo book of the car showing when it was new at the Earl C. Anthony dealership in Los Angeles, later in 1962 in Phoenix, Ariz., later in the '70s after its first restoration. Also brought to the meet was a copy of an engineering drawing provided by Packard to body builders. I took several photos of this too, but not sure of their quality. This is a significant Packard, and we were fortunate to have it at the meet. I will get the photos downloaded and share them with the folks. Maybe, kevinpackard has some photos of the Darrin he could share.