Re: If you are under sixty, how did you get interested in Packards?

Posted by 58L8134 On 2013/5/22 6:49:38

Hi

Just over the wire (60, pushing 61) but I'll throw in my two cents. When I was a kid in the early '60's, most all Packards I encountered were rusty, krusty used cars on back lines of small used car lots or in junkyards. A lot of bathtubs, Contours and a few V8's, all rundown, typical western New York cars.

But, we also got Motor Trend magazine, in the Swap 'n Sell column in the back page were Packard like nothing I was seeing. Those were pre-war Twelves and Super Eight, some with custom coachwork, and glamorous Caribbeans. That's where the curiosity and the interest to learn everything I could about Packard began.

Lesson: Never discount the old car magazine handed to a kid showing a bit of interest or refuse a ride to a young person displaying curiosity about your Packard....that's where the next generation of owners will come from!

Steve