Re: Good sources for Packard Die-Cast Models

Posted by Leeedy On 2016/8/23 21:20:24
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DEREK BELBIN wrote:
Hello Folks,I am new to this forum but have been an enormous fan of the Packard marque for many years. Because I don't have the funds necessary to buy a full size Packard(I have invested many dollars in my other obsession-vintage guitars,much to the chagrin of my missus),I have had to content myself with buying books and die-cast models of classic Packards to gaze at longingly.I have found that there hasn't been a large selection of Packard die-casts from most of the sources I have been ordering from and I was wondering if someone could please let me know where I might find larger selections of Packard models that don't approach the prices of the full size models.Some day I just may break down and sell off most of my collection of vintage guitars,amps and related musical gear and buy a nice old Packard,but until then all my Packards will be parked om my music room walls.Thanks very much.Cheers.


Both Danbury Mint and Franklin Mint had some very excellent 1/24th scale Packard models. You can find most of them on eBay if you are patient.

Of course, as a vintage guitar collector, you can take solace and pride in a kind of tangental Packard connection. Ray Dietrich (yes, THAT Ray Dietrich who did Packards) designed a line of electric guitars and basses for Gibson. These first appeared in the early 1960s. The guitars were known as "Firebird" and basses were "Thunderbird"-all featuring what collectors refer to as reverse body. I still have one of each that I got new and kept all these years. My Thunderbird is a prototype so early that it has no serial number.

So if you have any of these Gibsons, there was a Packard connection-however slight. And-as an added benefit (or curse) the Gibsons have certainly appreciated in value.

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