Re: Grandpa was a Packard Owner

Posted by 58L8134 On 2015/1/16 8:22:37

Hi Adam

Glad to have you aboard, appreciation and ownership of large luxury cars is unfortunately rare with younger people. Love those late Imperials, they're very much the type of car Packard would have built had they still been in business then.

There is a Packard connection to your Imperial: as a young designer in the Packard studio, Richard Macadam is primarily credited with the Packard Predictor show car. Later, moving onto Chrysler, after serving under Engel, he succeeded him as styling director in mid-1974. Very likely he had a strong hand in the looks of your Imperial.

So, please visit often, ask all the question you have, avail yourself of all the knowledge this site has to offer........we'll get you into a Packard before you know it!

Steve