Re: I know what year your car was......

Posted by John Harley On 2011/11/29 19:15:39

Friends

I have a lot of fun with this..

"Who made Packard, Ford?"

"No Packard. They started in 1899, before Ford, Buick or Cadillac."

"Oh"

T"he first Packard has things your new car has. Automatic Spark Advance, Foot Accelerator, and an H pattern gearshift. :You can go see it at Lehigh University. Ward Packard endowed the engineering building"

"Oh....."

"In less than a year later, after the first 12 cars, they had steering wheels. If they were not the first with the steering wheel, they were the first in the US and the Europeans were only a few months ahead..."

"Really?"

"About 3 months after Cadillac sweated and produced the first practical V8, Packard came out with a V12. It cost twice as much"

Going pale now

"In the 20's, Packard had 50% of the luxury market. The other 50% was spread across 20 makes. including Cadillac and Duesenberg"

Usually in full retreat by now..

"Oh by the way, they had a 95% return customer rate and were the 2nd most widely held stock after GM...they were turning a 14% profit"

I just love it!

Regards


John Harley