Re: Packard Panthers

Posted by BH On 2008/9/26 12:34:14

Owen -

With so many concept cars appearing in that time frame (even just from Packard), and so many of them surviving, mistakes like that can happen.

I had never seen (or heard) of that updated PanAm until it popped up at the Warren Museum.

I seem to recall Kanter's name on the show card of the black/white Panther at the Centennial; perhaps they rescued it shortly after I saw it at Hershey, so many years ago.

I saw Ralph Marano's PanAm on the show field at Fall Hershey several years ago (before I had a digital camera), and it was spectacular. As I recall, the actual paint color was a little darker and a bit more green than what shows in your pix.

I was glad to hear that he has also since acquired the Request. I'd heard it is in need of some TLC, which is not unusual, considering it's been some 30 years since it was restored. Some may consider the front-end styling exercise a bit heavy and awkward, but I love it.