Re: How old are you?

Posted by Denny Z On 2009/4/13 20:31:53

59. My father died suddenly when he was 60, so I'm not buying green bananas anymore!
This Ohio farm boy has been intregued with the Packard marque since he stayed with cousins in the Detroit area as a kid. The neighbor was a Packard dealer, so about every driveway on the "city" street (actually Livonia) sported a red hex, including my relatives. Then, as a teen, my future father-in-law and his brother got "into" Packards and toured with the VMCCA so I tagged along to get in good with the family. Well, I got hooked, and in 1999 purchased my first, a '54 Clipper Deluxe. I had been on a search for a Mayfair, but just couldn't find one I felt I could afford, so a settled for the 4 dr sedan which we lovingly restored. Less than a year later, our '52 250, a true barn find was uncovered, less than 30 miles from my house--from a tip from a fellow VMCCA member. It was ready to tour a year later. We tour in many pre-war caravans too and our '27 Pontiac had been very unreliable and uncomfortable for my wife (RA), so we decited to find and restore a smooth riding prewar Clipper. The first one we bought sight unseen, and when it got here from Alabama, it turned out to be too much for me. It was sold and the search continued until one was spotted on the web in Auburn, IN (a ACD Museum VP had it). We got it done enough to tour with it last summer and returned to Auburn on the first day of the tour to reunite with the former owner. My son, age 37, drives his '55 Clipper Custom (grandpa's car) on many of our tours with his family, making it a true family affair!