Re: The "Packard Plan" Videos

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/2/20 12:30:47

Very nice, thanks so much for posting, I'd not seen that one before. The other promotion on the proving grounds was the "the king is dead, long live the new king" test of the 1940 Super versus a 1939 Twelve. The 1940 Super won, but even back then it was said there were suspicions of the race being rigged. Does that one exist on film?

Another one I always enjoyed reading about was the early Twelve and a Gene Sarazen golf drive, both accelerating from a dead stop. Of course the Twelve beat the golf ball. Does that one exist on film? It was originally photographed as there are some still shots.