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I'm 33 was also introduced to packards at a young age. My grandfather worked in a coal mine in western PA and bought and sold cars on the side. -Packards were his favorite make. I still remember riding in his 53 clipper which I later inherited as a basket case rust bucket. Was a great learning tool about cars.
Since the old 53 clipper I've had:
76 dodge dart (225 slant six)
88 Chevy sprint -3cyl autocrosser!
2001 Alero (boring, but nice)
1995 Audi S6 (Turbo 5 cyl, awesome car)
1993 Mazda 323 (cheap, but reliable)
2003 Renault Clio (1.5 diesel- great fuel economy, but slow)
2009 BMW Z40 (hard to keep clean)

-The 53 Clpper I have had since 1995. I work on software for the automotive business. Instead of turning wrenches, I plug in a computer to fix things. Currently in automatic transmission control. Used to be in abs brakes/stability control and also a little bit of hybrid experience.
-Still playing with cars as much as posible
Mike

33 I've had a bunch of "regular" cars but this is my first Packard -- 1955 Clipper Custom ---- i really don't have a clue what i'm doing but it sure is fun, kind of like dating in high school LOL

I'm 64 but feel like 90 and act like 19. I have owned Packards for the last 30 years.

Currently in the garage: 1947 Clipper taxi
1948 Super 8 sedan
1948 LWB New York taxi
1949 Super 8 convertible
1949 Super 8 taxi
1949 Super 8 Lwb sedan
1949 Deluxe 8 sedan
1949 Super 8 limousine
1950 Super Deluxe sedan
Previously owned Packards:
1937 115 sedan
1949 Deluxe 8 sedan
1950 Standard 8 sedan
1950 Deluxe 8 sedan
1953 Clipper
1958 Packard station wagon


I would like to correspond with any other past or present Packard taxi owners.

I turned 50 on 9/20 this year.
Have had my Studebelle (1962 Lark 4 door sedan) for a couple of years and she's lovely. Did 120 Miles last weekend like she was a new car.

I am 64 years old and feel an arthritic-seventeen while working on my 41 Clipper. I got the car as an older restoration in Sept 2007. It had not been driven for 20 years. I developed 'Packard-elbow' after 4 months of physical straining doing repairs. (My doctor mistakenly called the condition 'tennis elbow').

I got 'Clipper Jack' back on the road in 2008 and have driven him over 5000 miles (with 2 tow-backs of 35 miles and 175 miles). I've been to Branson and Des Moines for PAC Nat'l Meets in 2008 and 2009. I am a member of MN Packard Club, (but most of their events are 250-300 miles one-way from Sioux Falls, South Dakota).

Drivers that I have kept rollin' include:

1941 Packard Clipper -'first of the Clippers'

1939 LaSalle Sedan, model 50, (5019) - Purchased June 2009 locally. Unrestored beautiful survivor with 120,000 miles.

College years- drove a 1951 Chevy for 3 years (and learned repairs and maintenance.) [It had a 1800 mile continuous-flow-oil-changing-system -- It leaked one qt every 300 miles, cycling 6 quarts in 1800 miles.)


Dan Leininger

I was born in 1955 so now am 54. My parents owned a 1953 Packard Clipper touring sedan from 1953 that they bought brand new and sold it in 1962. Therefore a Packard brought me home from the hospital as a baby and was the first family car I knew. When I was 18 in 1973 I bought my first car, a 1953 Packard Clipper Deluxe touring sedan, which I kept until 1989.

My current cars are:
2000 Buick LeSabre Limited 4 door sedan
1953 Packard Clipper Deluxe touring sedan (bought in 2008)

Other cars I have owned:
1975 Chevy Vega Notchback Sedan (only one I bought new--with the infamous 4 cyl. aluminum engine.)
1975 Pontiac Ventura 2 door coupe (straight 6)
1984 Mazda 2000 SE-5 extended bed pickup truck (4 cyl.)
1988 Ford Ranger extended cab pickup truck ( 4 cyl.)
1984 Cadillac Sedan DeVille 4 door sedan (with the infamous HT4100 aluminum V-8 engine)

Both Packards apparently went over 100K miles before my ownership.

All other cars I have ever owned have gone over 100K miles with the original engine during my ownership, including the Chevy Vega and the HT4100 powered Cadillac Sedan Deville.
I change my own oil and oil filter about every 3,000 miles and maintain my cars pretty good.
Ken

This thread has been dormant for a while, so I thought it might be interesting to revive it for the newer members; myself included.

I was born in 1969, and am now coming up on my 45th birthday.

My current cars:
2007 Mercury Mariner - Bought new
2007 Volvo S60 - Bought used in 2009
1941 Packard OneTwenty Touring Sedan
1964 Gravely Model L (2 Wheel walk behind tractor)

Previous Cars:
1994 Ford Explorer
1998 Ford Contour Sport
1987 Chevy Celebrity
1973 Ford LTD
1983 Ford LTD II - Kind of a unique beast with HD suspension option, 4cyl, and 4 speed manual
1982 Ford Escort Wagon
1983 Buick Regal
1978 Chevy Monte Carlo
2006 Saab 9-2x Aero
2006 Ford Focus
2003 Ford Focus ZX3
1998 Ford Escort

There have been others, these are just the ones a can remember.

-Chad

I was born in 1943, and passed 71 in March.

My current cars:

1940 Packard 110 Business Coupe
1948 Packard Super Touring Sedan
2000 Chevrolet Tracker
2006 Cadillac SRX
2012 Dodge Ram
1947 Farmall Cub (Yard Decoration)
2003 Kubota (For Pushing Snow)

Previous Cars:

1950 Packard 2 Door
1958 Triumph TR3
1955 Packard
1955 Clipper
1953 Singer
1964 Chevrolet Impala Convertible (First New Car)

There have been others over the years, but these are the ones it would be fun to have again.

Traded dad's 1950 Packard on the Triumph, didn't have it long before finding a girl I liked better, but she keeps me around and doesn't protest my toys too much.

Jim

I'm not sure if I posted on this before, I just turned 60, so my memory is not what it used to be.
48 Packard Deluxe 8
49 Desoto Custom
53 Hudson Jet
53 Hudson Super Wasp
Too many cars for me, I should sell a few, but don't want to. Having fun.

I'm 61 years here on Earth, and my '47 Clipper 6 cylinder (just turned 33,333 original miles today) is my third Packard, but the other two 1953 Packards were projects (approx. 4 years ago) that never made it out of my driveway.

I had hoped to combine the good body from one '53 with the engine & tranny from the other, but my Wife ran out of patience. In interest of keeping the Wife happy with the vintage car habit, we sold the two '53s, and coincidently, during that time period, found a little ol' lady/barn-stored, neighborhood 1947 Clipper that was closer to roadworthy, so here I am.

As a teenager, I have owned two other cars with flathead 6 cylinder engines with 3 speed on the column - a rebuilt 1950 Chevrolet, and my Grandmothers '50 Plymouth Special Deluxe, so I am happy with the vintage, low HP engine & manual shifting.

I have some menacing health reports due to Advanced Stage 4 Prostate Cancer that have me appreciating every day, so I particularly enjoy every time I can take my '47 aka "Big Daddy" out for a spin.

My Best to You,

Dave Blandford