Re: A relaxing Day Driving a Packard in Southeastern Arizona
Posted by Kevin AZ On 2014/6/14 17:52:41
Currently 98 degrees in Tucson. I'm glad we don't have to shovel heat!
Wanted to share a couple of pictures with the Packard crowd. I had some reservations about taking the Packard out today, but I was asked some a couple of months ago if I would take her over to a retirement community on the other side of town. As this day approached, our local temperatures have done nothing but climb. No it is not like a sauna, it is like an oven blast in one's face each time you go outside. Take a dip in the pool and in less than five minutes you are dry. Roadrunners don't even venture outside to do their heat runs this time of year. I think they are sipping cold Coronas or Tecates somewhere cooler.
My fear was for the evil 'vapor-lock' but what the he-- right? I have AAA and if she hic-cupps, I'll drop a dime or use my cellular telephone. AAA will then tow me back to my home. Anyway, it's only about 20 miles cross town through Tucson traffic and BTW last week, USA Today reported that we Tucsonans have the 15th worst traffic conditions in the nation. Known for decades as the 'Old Pueblo', Tucson is a large urbanized community these days. Heck what could go wrong?
I'm here to report that nothing went wrong. Everything went right! I took my 400 over to the Mountain View Retirement community and was in the company of just four other cars. A 59 Studebaker, a '28 Ford rat rod, a 68 Pontiac GTO and a 75 Jeep. I know, what an odd ball group. The five us owners, parked our rides underneath the large portico at the main entrance (in the shade) and waited. We didn't wait long, soon seniors began showing up and what a grand time was had. What a wonderful experience.
Not one person asked me who made Packard. Nearly every person that came by shared a story with me about some friend or relative they had that previously owned a Packard. Smiles beamed on peoples faces as they touched her and fired away asking me questions. One gal in her nineties approached and said that she had a neighbor in her youth that owned nothing but Packards. She recalled that he once told her that there is nothing prettier in the world than a black colored Packard. She grinned and then said, "but I think your Packard is pretty cute." Then I grinned!
I'm glad I had a part in making people smile today.
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Wanted to share a couple of pictures with the Packard crowd. I had some reservations about taking the Packard out today, but I was asked some a couple of months ago if I would take her over to a retirement community on the other side of town. As this day approached, our local temperatures have done nothing but climb. No it is not like a sauna, it is like an oven blast in one's face each time you go outside. Take a dip in the pool and in less than five minutes you are dry. Roadrunners don't even venture outside to do their heat runs this time of year. I think they are sipping cold Coronas or Tecates somewhere cooler.
My fear was for the evil 'vapor-lock' but what the he-- right? I have AAA and if she hic-cupps, I'll drop a dime or use my cellular telephone. AAA will then tow me back to my home. Anyway, it's only about 20 miles cross town through Tucson traffic and BTW last week, USA Today reported that we Tucsonans have the 15th worst traffic conditions in the nation. Known for decades as the 'Old Pueblo', Tucson is a large urbanized community these days. Heck what could go wrong?
I'm here to report that nothing went wrong. Everything went right! I took my 400 over to the Mountain View Retirement community and was in the company of just four other cars. A 59 Studebaker, a '28 Ford rat rod, a 68 Pontiac GTO and a 75 Jeep. I know, what an odd ball group. The five us owners, parked our rides underneath the large portico at the main entrance (in the shade) and waited. We didn't wait long, soon seniors began showing up and what a grand time was had. What a wonderful experience.
Not one person asked me who made Packard. Nearly every person that came by shared a story with me about some friend or relative they had that previously owned a Packard. Smiles beamed on peoples faces as they touched her and fired away asking me questions. One gal in her nineties approached and said that she had a neighbor in her youth that owned nothing but Packards. She recalled that he once told her that there is nothing prettier in the world than a black colored Packard. She grinned and then said, "but I think your Packard is pretty cute." Then I grinned!
I'm glad I had a part in making people smile today.
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