Packards in the Sierra

Posted by Packard Don On 2024/5/17 18:44:29

Driving from the lower Sierra foothills town of Sutter Creek down hwy 49 heading back to the higher Sierra town of Arnold, I grabbed a few shots out the window of the moving car (I was a passenger) of this 1955 Packard Clipper sedan that I had seen here before outside the town of San Andreas. Not sure but I think it’s a Custom.

However, some miles prior I was surprised to see an early ‘30s Packard (it was brown and a roadster I believe) heading the other way, then a few miles after it were more vintage cars including a half dozen Packards, one of which was a Darrin and all prewar. They were not all together so I had no photo opportunities at highway speed. After getting the photo below and turning onto hwy 4 back up into the Sierra there were more coming down out of the mountains including another Darrin! There were two Packard Blue 1941 Coupes and the Darrins but the rest were early ‘30s or maybe even late ‘20s along with several prewar and early postwar Cadillacs, a prewar Buick or two, a Chevrolet, a Rolls-Royce and others.

We’ve been up here for two weeks and saw no posters or signs of a car show so anyone know what the event was? I know there is something in Sparks, Nevada today and tomorrow but these were a bit late for that and going the wrong way to get there.