Re: How does one remove seats from 1949 Packard???

Posted by zougeride On 2010/7/6 17:50:46

Dear ozstatman, I will certainly register my '49 4 dr. Green Packard when I go up to the states to have my doctors remove some more large lumps from my wallet. I found this wonderful car at a charity auction for a local charter school in Houston, Texas.

Dozens of cars from the 60's through the 80's blocked the last row of very tired from view. On that last row was the Packard.

I sized up my competitors and concluded they were way below my age bracket and might no even know the definition of the word Packard let alone ever seen one. I was right! While the other cars were snapped up by this pack of Gen-X'ers and approaching middle aged pot bellies who were probably attempting to recapture their mis-spent youth, I held back, I had to for I walk with a limp.

When the Packard came up for sale just one other "pre-baby-boomer" and I battled it out and I won! As the bidding intensified I put my foot on the front bumper and leaned on the car as if I already owned it. This act appeared to unsettled my opponent or it could have been the heat of a typical Houston July, but he stopped bidding. My last bid carried the day. The reaction of the under 55 set around me was one not of congratulation, but of pity, no doubt those whippersnappers thought the geezer was out of his head, but of all of the cars on the lot that day, I cranked up my Packard and drove it home--the others need trailers.