Re: A little Packard History from 1945

Posted by Wesley Boyer On 2017/9/11 13:16:13

I'm surprised that no one mention about hearing the story about the old boys first time with an automatic transmission!

The way the story goes is this Southern Gentleman had a driver that love to hear the tires squeal every time he would stomp on the gas getting on the black top from a gravel road. So one day the Southern Gentleman got a new car with an automatic transmission and his driver ( His drivers name I think was just two letters, JR or JT or maybe JW, something like that.) who had never drove or seen a car with an automatic transmission . So he decided to take it out for a spin.
He gets in, sits for a while. And then takes off wheels spinning. About an hour later comes back with the car tore all to pieces. The Southern Gentleman runs up to him and demands to know what happened to his brand new car.
Well it's like this says his driver. I've never driven a car with an automatic transmission before, so I got in it and was trying to figure out how to make it go. I looked at the "N" and figured that meant Nothin', I put it in Nuthin' and it started right up. Next I looked at that "L" and figured it meant Leap, so I floored it and dropped it into Leap and boy did it ever. Next I was going down the road and this here guy catches up to me, so I figure he wants to drag race, that's when I put it in "D". Next thing I know we're doing better than 60 and he's still wanting to pass, so I'm thinking he wants to race. Boy, the last time I saw him he was still picking his teeth out of his steering wheel.

This is what I remember of the story from hearing it over 50 years ago. Hope you enjoy the read.
Wes