Re: Packard collectors re mid-50's Clippers...

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/4/17 10:33:44

As it relates to hobbyists interested in collectibles (excluding those into hot-rodding) it just depends on the time perspective. In the hobby in the 50s and 60s, any postwar car was of little or no interest, they were just "used cars" much as many of us think of cars of the 80s and 90s when we see them at car shows today. A decade or two later, the just postwar cars garnered some interest but folks still thought of the 50s cars as uninteresting. A bit later, folks (Packard folks in this case) looked on the V8 Packards as a abberation, and often said 1954 was the last real Packard. Just depended on where you put yourself in the scale of time.