Re: End of Winter Hibernation

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2016/3/10 11:40:14

Yes, I have a lot of confidence in my Packards and take my maintenance of them very seriously. In 53 years of driving and over 40,000 miles I've only had 1 serious breakdown in the '34, snapped a rear axle just a few miles after getting home from Ohio in 1999. Another incident with the '34, though it didn't leave me stranded, was when the conical spring that hold the cane shift in it's socket broke and fell into the shifter rails; luckily the trans was in 2nd gear at the time and I was close to home. Another incident, again which didn't leave me stranded, was when the cast accelerator pedal broke off, I just drove home on the hand throttle. Never had a breakdown in the '56 Carib over about 20,000 miles (edit- yes, I have a push button issue one time coming out of "auto park" which has since been disabled).