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Okay, sportsfans, thanks to a gentleman on the CCCA Forum, i have this 30-second Prestone antifreeze tv commercial from late 1976. I asked if anyone on this Packard site could find it, but it took a Jordan owner in the CCCA to come through. Have at it:

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So, 1946 or '47 Super or Custom Super? No conjecture, please.

Anyone meet Palance, see the car, talk Packards with him?

Very cool!

Custom Super. I believe you'd have to have access to the VN or Briggs# to know if 46 or 47.

I remember watching the ad on tv. Wow, where did the time go.

I dont remember it, I was only 3 when that commercial aired The first thing I ever remember seeing Jack Palance on was Ripliey's Believe it or Not.

Great! And to boot, Jack Palance was a personal favorite.
Thanks Kevin.

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Great find. Palance had a face for villains, put the heart of a true Packard owner.

Great ad and thanks for hunting it down. I also remember seeing it on television when my brother and I were watching every possible sports event on "before cable" television. My father used to give us the same advice I give to my twelve and ten year old now - go out and play instead of watching somebody else play!

Amen. Your pappy gave y'all good advice. Got the same from my parents. Didn't hurt us in the least. We built bizarre wooden gocarts, raced them downhill with no adult supervision, never got hurt, and you never saw obese kids when we were growing up.

Regarding OwenDynamo's observation that you have to check the VIN #, that's right, would tell you whether '46 or '47. A glance at the interior would determine whether Super or Custom Super, since Packard ads and the owner's manual considered them the same car. Some of the 21st Series ads are downright ambiguous regarding Super or Custom Super. Some ad copy reads Super but pictures a Custom Super with its standard fender skirts (optional on Super) and absence of model script on the body.
I've owned my '47 2103 since ten years after this commercial appeared.

Which is why i asked if anyone met Palance, saw his car, perhaps talked Packard with him. He had some nice cars, drove them, but avoided the concours silliness. Like Artie Shaw, Tony Bennett and others, Palance painted later on, knew John Lennon, Yoko Ono, briefly appeared in one of their movies, circa 1969-70. If he ever rebuilt his transmission or differential, or reinstalled them himself, we know how he kept in shape to do those one-arm push ups at the Oscars.

Jack Palance...my my...I remember him the most from playing the role of the gunslinger in the movie "Shane". Where DID time go indeed?...I remember that commercial very well. I was 24 in 1976 and elbows deep into restoring vintage iron but the thought of owning a Packard never crossed my mind until 35 years later. Thanks for sharing that memory...I think gas was pocket change at around .56 cents a gallon when that commercial was made. this time next year I'll probabably be having to make payments on a gallon...