Re: Ask the man who owns one

Posted by John Harley On 2009/6/12 21:18:30

Mnieto

There was a nice full page magazine ad Packard ran in the 30's or 40's with a commissioned painting depicting the incident. A friend of mine has a print of it on the wall of his very elegant garage.

To anyone's knowledge, the event literally happened as described. The late Beverly Rae Kimes found a reference in an English (!) publication dated about a year after it occurred. The "one" car in the slogan is the first one built. I gather James Ward had his hands full trying to get the 2nd or 3rd car on the road when she got the inquiry...


Regards


John Harley