Re: Great Packards

Posted by HH56 On 2008/12/6 22:23:01

I don't disagree at all but I often think about the times. Often wonder if Packard perhaps was a bit too innovative for their customer base.

Aside from the teething problems, then financial problems which didn't help and were reported ad-nauseum by various publications of the day scaring buyers into second thoughts, as is happening today, the look just wasn't conservative Packard.

My father had driven them for lots of years, but one I remember in particular was a 56 he brought home on approval. I was in lust, he was for it even though a new one would have been a stretch at the time, but when mom saw it, she had a fit. Aside from the cost, it was too "flashy" and everyone would be staring at her.