Re: Just bought a 1956 Patrician (newbie to Packard)

Posted by BH On 2007/11/4 14:23:16

dretceterini -

Welcome! Glad you found the Registry here and added your car.

Two of the '56 Pats listed are mine, but neither are restored or in roadworthy condition at present. I'm hoing to get one of 'em back on the road next summer (tired of going to the annual Warren, OH meet in a Brand X car), but it's a tall order.

When it comes to the number of Packards registered registered here, know that this site isn't even two years old. It's amazing how much info has been added in that time (with more to come), but the Registry feature was only introduced this year, IIRC.

Yet, even the formal Packard clubs don't have count of all the surviving Packards. These cars keep coming out from under the woodwork, but some owners are rather private about their cars. As such, I'm glad BigKev saw fit to design this Registry to let people decide what info they wanna include.

The problem I've had with Packard clubs collecting data on cars is that the general membership see so little results from it. I knew enough not to give info to people who came across like "snake oil salesmen" and likley collecting it for profit, but I often wonder just what the formal clubs are doing with all the info they have on individual cars.

As membership grows at this open-minded site, more cars will be listed in this Registry, and I think a lot more good will come from just having that info displayed here than in some private club roster that is "hermetically-sealed in a jar of mayonnaise."