Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
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Just an attaboy...your hard work is inspirational... I have loved watching your work from rural Alabama...and think of you as one of us!
Posted on: 2013/9/10 19:34
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Re: Website Info
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Not only should we say thank you for this incredible resource, but I would encourage everyone who is able to make a donation to help Kev keep it going and expanding. Unfortunately, I do not presently own any vintage cars (but I will offer three college students as a trade in...lol...if anyone is interested) but I do read and surf broadly. I have not found any website that offers as much information and camaraderie as this one does.
Posted on: 2013/9/10 11:31
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Re: 1955-56 Packard Corporate Limousine
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It does seem a shame thatthe limousine and formal sedans were not continued for 1955 and 56. Given the low volume, I would think the standard suspension could be justified--and spun properly in a glossy brochure. I have often thought the 400 hardtop could have made a wonderful platform for conversion. Mamie Eisenhower had a "hardtop" Fleetwood and a Packard limousine with hardtop styling might have been just the thing to offset the conventional suspension.
As for the formal sedan, I'd take mine in Roman Copper and a matching roof and the light copper broadcloth piped in dark copper leather
Posted on: 2013/2/19 14:13
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Re: Off the Grid
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Blessings to you and your family at this time...I echo the sentiment that these situations are often harder on the family than on the patient. God's grace and protection be with you all...
PAX
Posted on: 2012/9/10 20:06
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When I was a teenager, my best friend's father had the local Pontiac agency. My friend would give me the details of the new models in late August. The local Chevrolet-Buick dealer was also a good friend and let me peruse the "confidential" documents and even let me order the cars. In 1975, I remember ordering a dark green Buick Electra Limited for the opening day...it didn't sell for some time, and I remember the rather pointed joke that Grandfather should but it (he preferred New Yorkers)...it finally sold when a timber man's wife wrecked her Cadillac. The sticker price, fully loaded was $8872--really expensive for the day.
Generally, Cadillac would run a television commercial on Wednesday evening during the news to announce the new models on sale the next day. Other GM cars were announced on Thursday when they went on sale. Ford usually announced the Friday of the same week. There were punch and cookie receptions in all the agencies. The new cars were carefully hidden in storage buildings, or in the Pontiac agencies' case, in the garden at the dealers Mother-in =-law's house.
Posted on: 2011/12/25 1:30
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Re: Out of Pocket
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Have a great time
Posted on: 2011/10/19 20:28
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Re: Chauffeur livery
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The older Emily Post's Blue Book of Social Usage are good resources. Livery was either generic, or in really grand situations, specific to the family (ie Vanderbilt Maroon)
Posted on: 2011/10/19 20:03
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Re: Out of Pocket
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The bars at the Drake and the Pump Room are appropriately Packard places to spend a little time!!!
Posted on: 2011/10/19 20:00
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Re: MORE GALENA.
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Now I am no expert, but the 1941 Super Eight sales catalogue...found here...shows both finishes. The painted finish seems to be associated with the two toned interiors, while woodgrain is shown with the solid interiors. Drawings of the convertibles are a bit less distinct.
Posted on: 2011/8/5 11:14
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