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I will have the Packard in attendance this weekend. Starts tonight and runs through Sunday. They are expecting 1,000 cars and 20,000+ spectators. It's a true "cruise" car show were the cars keep movie on a circuit around downtown.

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Let's see: 1,000 cars...that means that there MIGHT BE 1 or 2 other Packards there. Pix please!

Craig

Go ahead Craig. Run the Patrician over to that meet. Your Packard will make it three!

I was the only Packard in attendance. The event was sold out with 1,000 cars present, and 30,000+ spectators.

Videos to follow.

100F Temps today and still a sell out event. Even at that low speed, and high outside temp, the engine temp never got above the 3/4 mark on the gauge.

BTW, all that engine noise you here is from other cars, not the Clipper. There were a lot of open header cars driving around.

Part 1:

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Part 2:

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Let's see: ~1,000 cars in attendance...subtract the ubiquitous Chevies and you have about 500 cars. It looked like there about as many Caddys as there were Pontiacs. And a few bullet-nose Studes added spice. Besides the ride in your Packard, I liked the rods the best. You represented Packard extremely well.

When I drove to "Hot August Nights" in Reno/Sparks in 1999 with my 55 Pat, there were 4,000 registered cars and maybe another 2,000 not registered. There were 3 real Packards there total (55 Pat, 55 400 and a 48 4dr -- I don't count the 38 rodded 4dr), hence my 1 or 2 guesstimate at your show.

Thanks for the videos, I enjoyed the ride!

Craig

Kev, thanks for the dual cruise - I enjoyed it!

Kev, thanks for the neat videos. It's almost like visual overload with so many vehicles. I took the Clipper for a nice ride this morning. Drove it on a hilly, twisty, narrow road that winds around the north side of Lake Travis. Clipper ran cool and never missed a beat. Your drive looks more interesting. Nice to see you driving and enjoying the Packard.

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There were probably another 300+ cars parked on side streets that were not part of the show but brought out their cars. Here right now for day 3.

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Also, if you watch towards the end of the 2nd video, I pass the front of the Fox Theater. Which is on the registry of historic buildings and was acquired by the city and restored a few years ago. It's claim to fame was that is was the first theater in the country to screen to "Gone With the Wind".

Since Hollywood/LA is only 60 miles away, studios often used the theater to screen movies for initial public reaction before general release back in the 30s and 40s.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Fox_Theater