Re: Senior & Junior

Posted by Peter Packard On 2007/12/17 6:24:11

G'day all, My first Packard in 1966, was a 1937 Six (115C) and it was so far ahead of the cars that I had previously owned including, Holden, Chev, Dodge, Jaguar, and Riley that I had previously owned. I have been hooked ever since and even though I have 4 Supers( no 12's or Twin-Sixes but a 384 1205 Super with 25,000 original miles). I still have so much enjoyment with my smaller Packards. The "Junior" tag is not a Packard terminology, It was coined by people within our hobby, to lift the status of their "top of the line cars" by denigrating less expensive models. The Factory workers that assembled these cars had enormous pride in producing Packards and to them a Packard was a Packard. IMHO, the 39 Super (with R6 OD) was a wonderful car and Packard bragged how it could do 105 mph around the test track and outspeed the 39 V12. Packard Management obviously did not consider it a "Junior" Packard. best Regards, Peter Toet