Re: 1956 Caribbean Production
Posted by Leeedy On 2024/4/4 14:15:08
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Roscoe has his records and I have mine. With all due respect to Packard knowledge seekers of today, I've been at this for a lot of years. Yes, I know where Roscoe is located and I have been to his place several times. We visit fairly often on the phone and via emails. Please understand I've known Roscoe since the 1970s.
I have been collecting this stuff since the 1950s, back when nobody cared. Saved everything I could from Conner Avenue (my aunt worked for the guy who set the plant up). Started out putting everything Caribbean on 3 x 5 cards. Did this on my own. And started my own roster for Caribbeans in the 1970s and this ran, advertised world-wide for many years– even if nobody remembers today. My Caribbean Roster was always in Hemmings Motor News Almanac for decades. Today? Nobody can seem to remember... or even know about it. But this was long, long, long before anyone knew about digitalizing. Or the almighty internet.
This stuff has indeed been preserved– even if today's folks on the internet don't know about it. Love for all things Packard– including Caribbeans– has been going on a long, long time.
Things happen as the years go by and generations get replaced.
BigKev wrote:
It would be good to get those records digitized at some point to preserve them for the future. Roscoe is only about 30 minutes from me.
Roscoe has his records and I have mine. With all due respect to Packard knowledge seekers of today, I've been at this for a lot of years. Yes, I know where Roscoe is located and I have been to his place several times. We visit fairly often on the phone and via emails. Please understand I've known Roscoe since the 1970s.
I have been collecting this stuff since the 1950s, back when nobody cared. Saved everything I could from Conner Avenue (my aunt worked for the guy who set the plant up). Started out putting everything Caribbean on 3 x 5 cards. Did this on my own. And started my own roster for Caribbeans in the 1970s and this ran, advertised world-wide for many years– even if nobody remembers today. My Caribbean Roster was always in Hemmings Motor News Almanac for decades. Today? Nobody can seem to remember... or even know about it. But this was long, long, long before anyone knew about digitalizing. Or the almighty internet.
This stuff has indeed been preserved– even if today's folks on the internet don't know about it. Love for all things Packard– including Caribbeans– has been going on a long, long time.
Things happen as the years go by and generations get replaced.
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