Re: If you are under sixty, how did you get interested in Packards?
Posted by Mark Stivers On 2013/5/21 23:00:31
Just came across this thread and read every one of them. Great stories ! I'll be 54 this year so I guess that still qualifies me.....LOL....although I have a grey beard.....
I actually had my eye on a 1950 2 door Nash. I tried to get the money I needed through the bank but they didn't think it was a good idea......The Nash got sold and I set out to find another when I came across this 1951 Patrician 400 in March of 2012. A gentleman up in Wichita Falls,Texas had it on craiglist. I called and made arrangements to go and look at it with my wife. We got there and he had a battery charger on it. It fired right off and my wife and I took it for a drive. Let me tell you....it was rough, looked rough, drove rough, steered like a bulldozer, but I liked it. I liked the look, the body lines the character of the car. He was asking $3500, I offered $3000 and he said "Sold" ! Since bringing the old girl home, I took it to the 2012 Salado Packard Meet, the 2012 Lone Star Roundup in Austin,Texas and little jaunts here and there since. I didn't make it to those events this year due to work and mechanical issues with her. Those have been since taken care of. Took it to a car show this past Saturday and came home with a trophey ! Her first ! I have met some awesome Packard folks and the old girl gets smiles and waves everywhere we go. As they say "Things happen for a reason".......
HotRod
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I actually had my eye on a 1950 2 door Nash. I tried to get the money I needed through the bank but they didn't think it was a good idea......The Nash got sold and I set out to find another when I came across this 1951 Patrician 400 in March of 2012. A gentleman up in Wichita Falls,Texas had it on craiglist. I called and made arrangements to go and look at it with my wife. We got there and he had a battery charger on it. It fired right off and my wife and I took it for a drive. Let me tell you....it was rough, looked rough, drove rough, steered like a bulldozer, but I liked it. I liked the look, the body lines the character of the car. He was asking $3500, I offered $3000 and he said "Sold" ! Since bringing the old girl home, I took it to the 2012 Salado Packard Meet, the 2012 Lone Star Roundup in Austin,Texas and little jaunts here and there since. I didn't make it to those events this year due to work and mechanical issues with her. Those have been since taken care of. Took it to a car show this past Saturday and came home with a trophey ! Her first ! I have met some awesome Packard folks and the old girl gets smiles and waves everywhere we go. As they say "Things happen for a reason".......
HotRod
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