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Hi Guscha,

Gut zu sehen, dass Du dem deutschem Vorurteil entsprichst
von Genauigkeit und Praezision!

Yes, Guscha, you are of course right, but I don't think
the average viewer is really up to speed on Packard models or year of production.

Alternatively, Mr. Smith was a time traveller!

Pat

Pat, if Mr. Smith would have used your fabulous Packard he had won!
And sorry for my nitpicking, I used your post to learn, who was Mr. Smith and came across this pettiness.

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?lann an cat ci?in bainne leis.


BTW Your German is great.

Smith ran in 28 with FDR as his running mate. FDR ran and won in 32.

This website, and particularly this thread, is like having a History Channel featuring Packards. So, I take it, the show was about the '32 election and the car was only 2 years newer than the setting. What's incredible to me is how you guys know his stuff just by eyeballing a picture of the side and rear of the car!

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Perhaps I should mention my Carl-Zeiss lenses.

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The Last Convertible is a great story and the author, Anton (Tony) Myrer, was also an exuberant and friendly guy. I picked up the book when I saw it in a window display in Aspen, CO in 1978 because of the cover illustration.

What a great read.

Tony wrote several novels with WWII backgrounds. I wrote to him after reading the this one and he wrote back, telling me how the title was chosen and finding the car that was the original "Empress." That name was why I dubbed my '40 convertible sedan The Duchess.

I sent him a picture from 1978 when the Duchess was tan and he sent me a long letter and a photo of himself sitting in the original Empress, a car in storage and a bit worn near him in Malden, NY. For the color of the car in the book, a friend, Lee, gave him Packard paint swatches and he picked Berkshire Green. When Today and Newsweek and others came around prior to the book announcement and wanted photos and footage, he scrambled to find another 1938 convertible and located one in New Holland PA in perfect condition that he was told originally belonged to Mrs. Meriwether Post, the cereal heiress.

We exchanged 3 letters in all, and a very long letter on the making of the mini-series. (Not a good experience for an author, and 3 directors each wanting to put their own spin on the story made the experience even less enjoyable.)

I highly recommend the novel and mini-series. I've looked off and on for the TV series and couldn't find a source, though occasionally on some Euro blogs I saw mention of it. Thank you, Guscha, for posting the link for ordering EDIT on Page 13 of this thread.

Tony passed away in 1996. Once an Eagle is also an excellent WWII story he wrote.

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I'm a recent addition to Packard info; and enjoyed this string. I read The Last Convertible years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it (being from NE didn't hurt). I didn't know there was a T.V. series. Sounds like it isn't easy to locate. QUESTION: I recently saw a photo of Buck Jones purportedly with a '33 Packard Special. With the possible exception of the hubs, this vehicle looked nothing like any Packard I've ever seen. Does anyknow if this is a fake or real, and where I might find info on the car if it is real? Thanks.

If it's the car I'm thinking of... it isn't a Packard. See if this is the car you saw. The headlight arrangement is very Pierce Arrow like.

Obviously it was a compliment to you Guscha!

Indeed the quiet cat gets the cream, and very nice it is too!

Not sure how to migrate a picture into this site, but it is the Buck Jones car (shown with Jones) as the 16th pic in the link:

www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/lord-k-s-garage-100-star-ride?xg_s