Re: GOING TO SEE A 400! HELP!

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2009/12/6 23:58:56

Well, I saw the car. It certainly has it's good points, I think. I got back this evening, left my notes out in the truck, and I don't want to go out in the cold again. Suffice it to say, the Packard was NOT in a HEATED garage, but a very good metal pole building obviously built for storing vehicles, including two other cars, a BIG boat and various trailers and stuff. Nice and clean, but of course the Packard was tucked back in a corner away from the rolling stock and hard to access. I had to crawl around, over, under and in like a contortionist but managed to check nearly everything. Doing any work but checking was obviously out of the question.

Many details tomorrow, I hope.

Note: I didn't take any pics, which I didn't plan to because I'm currently "between cameras"-- used up all my 35mm and don't have digital yet. Am I on anyone's Christmas list out there?' Anyway, the car was GRAY as gray primer can be, so no details would've shown up very well anyway.

And BOY, can you ever see how high the beltline is on these cars when there is just one shade of paint and no horizontal trim! The door from the bottom of the window to the bottom of the rocker looks truly imposing, and the "chopped" aspect of the roof and greenhouse in comparison is even starker. Looks a little scary, actually.

I was showing a friend some pics of '55s and '56s from the Photo Archive last night. Seeing a '56 senior for the first time in his life, he came out with a classic quote: "This is the kind of car that would make Christine jealous."
L'd My A Off!

Then of course he had to ask, "who made Packards anyway? ARRRRRGH!