Re: Packard 374 Engine Colors

Posted by Jack Vines On 2010/12/1 11:18:28

Hi, Ross,

Agree. I've been to just about every major car museum in the country. Some have a few near-new, low-mileage 'survivor' cars which look really pathetic sitting alongside today's over-restored jewels. I remember them when new and a '55-75 car came out of the showroom with thin and/or orange peel paint, wonky panel gaps all over the place, thin chrome and an engine compartment which no owner was ever expected to see. If a dealership wanted repeat customers, every new luxury car had to have several hours of hand buffing and detailing prior to delivery.

Sad as it is to say it, the Japanese learned from Henry Ford and W. Edward Deeming and applied our own concepts and techniques much better than we ever did here. Without the competition from the Japanese, we'd still be driving 1975 Novas and Dusters.

jack vines