Re: If you are under sixty, how did you get interested in Packards?
Posted by Dan On 2012/10/29 8:21:59
I'm in the "boomer" category too, lol... 
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My dad liked Packards, so our family car was a 1947 Clipper (this was in the late 50s - early 60s). It was gray with a green interior. He bought a '48 that was running and drivable, pulled the engine from it, and had a local garage install the engine in the '47. He also had a running/driving '40 110 sedan, and a '37 115 sedan that never ran.
In 1966, he stopped driving it because he'd bought a brand-new 1965 Checker.
All of the Packards were traded in the late 60's toward a running/drivable Renault (of all things!) in 1968 or so.
In 1982, he bought the '47 back. Sitting outside for 14 years didn't do it any favors. After he died in 1986, my stepmom sold what was left of it to some guy in Pennsylvania near where she lived.
As for me, I've always liked the independent makes anyway, and have very fond memories of that '47....
...My dad liked Packards, so our family car was a 1947 Clipper (this was in the late 50s - early 60s). It was gray with a green interior. He bought a '48 that was running and drivable, pulled the engine from it, and had a local garage install the engine in the '47. He also had a running/driving '40 110 sedan, and a '37 115 sedan that never ran.
In 1966, he stopped driving it because he'd bought a brand-new 1965 Checker.
All of the Packards were traded in the late 60's toward a running/drivable Renault (of all things!) in 1968 or so.
In 1982, he bought the '47 back. Sitting outside for 14 years didn't do it any favors. After he died in 1986, my stepmom sold what was left of it to some guy in Pennsylvania near where she lived.
As for me, I've always liked the independent makes anyway, and have very fond memories of that '47....
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