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Caribbeandude wrote:
Leeedy, thank you for sharing your Caribbean photographs over the years!!!!! Everytime I see an article you have written I rush over and read it asap! do any of you know which Cormorant issue showed the rough-in Caribbean photos in them? thanks!!!
Thank you for the very kind compliments. I am happy that these articles, photos and contributions to
The Packard Club have had a positive effect. After all these years, I look back to the Spring, 1980 issue of
TPC and re-read the story I wrote about the Howard Hughes/Jean Peters 1955 Caribbean. It seems like yesterday when I first drove that car and photographed it, courtesy of my friend Stan, who bought it from Hughes' people. But it was a long time ago.
I tried to set the record straight on the car-which prior to the
TPC article had only been seen in
Motor Trend magazine with some rather unforgivable gaffes in that story. For instance, they claimed it had "air bags" for suspension...wow. Anyway, a friend of mine at
Motor Trend actually gave me some early proofs of the center spread they made in full color. It had a beautiful model posing in the car. I told them that they had cranked up the black ink too far on the lower stripe making it look too dark. But I still have those poster-sized color proofs to this day.
And... I still have more Caribbean photos that have never been published. I'll try to keep them coming.
I also urge everyone to review the back issues of
The Packard Cormorant magazine. The Packard Club has done an incredible job in its existence since 1953. They are truly the ones who deserve the thanks of every Packard fan today. Because without the movers and shakers in this club, there might not have been anything for us to enjoy (or argue about) today.
They were the original inspiration and keepers of the Packard flame. And the
TPC/Cormorant magazines are a treasure trove of wonderful information
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