Re: Fun with used cars

Posted by Ross On 2011/6/12 11:43:04

Baltimore County, where I live, is greatly yuppy-fied now, but when my folks moved here after the war there were many gravel roads, stream crossings, and farmers still regularly used horses. And these would be the roads that a prosperous farmer or local lawyer would ply in a Packard. So the proving grounds weren't pie in the sky testing at all. That said, I am not brave enough to ford a stream in a pushbutton car, in fact am not brave enough to own one at all for regular use.

The Caribbean style hood and side trim is handmade. The hood only weighs a few pounds more than stock and does not require a prop as the originals did. George Hamlin and I did an April Fools piece for a Packard Club mag that this was a prototype for a Canadian market sport sedan called the Banff. Not everyone realized the joke.

Yes, put them thru their paces and get some real driving pleasure. I was grinning like an idiot all day.