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Name: Dezi
Age : 50

I have been an "old" car nut since my teens. A car nut much longer (when many of our vehicles were just used cars). I seem to have an affinity for independents. My first car was a 1968 Rambler American. I also had a 1974 AMC Gremlin with a 304 V8. Wouldn't mind owning a Hudson or Studebaker one day.

Currently owned Packards:

1937 120 Touring Sedan - Bought in 1979 (rust bucket good drivetrain)

1937 120 Torunig Sedan - Bought in 1996 (good body, no interior)

1953 Caribbean - Bought in 1999 (unrestored survivor, maintaining and refurbishing while we enjoy driving it)

I joined the Packard Club in 1979 and was among the youngest members at the Motor City Packards meetings. 30 years later and I am still among the youngest members at the Packards of Chicagoland meetings.

There is hope however. My duaghters (ages 17 and 14) go with me to most car shows and can spot Packards right off. My 14 year old is helping me restore one 1937 120 from the two.

Howard --pushing 64

First Packard was a 51 400 which father delegated as my driver in HS. Great car which suffered tremendously at my hands and was still going when I left New Mexico. Dad then sold it to someone who drove it for several more years.

First Packard I actually bought was a 56 Pat in 1974. Since then in order those I can recall:
47 custom
40 160 touring
63 Avanti
the 47 same Custom again
64 Hawk
56 Exec
51 300
56 Caribb
54 Pacific
another 47 Custom.
Some bought, sold but most traded between friends after restoring or fixing as needed. A couple of those friends and I between us also had 35-40 parts cars of various years and NOS parts from several dealers--until the county got pissed and we got rid of most of it.
Varied modern iron -- both company and personal drivers.

Currently down to the 56 Caribbean HT which had a body off experience and the 47 Custom which is in pieces.

I am 65. Bought my first and only Packard, an unrestored 1947 Super Clipper in 2002. It is my only collector car unless my '83 Volvo 240 counts as one also.
Living in the Canadian north since my late teens I had no need to own as car since there were no roads so my main passion was Noorduyn Norseman and DHC Beaver bushplanes. I didn't buy a car until 1965 (1952 Chrysler Windsor for $200) when I went south to attend the Ontario Ranger School to become a game warden. In 1966 I bought a 1947 Cadillac 75 limo for $300 off of a car lot in Sudbury Ont. so I guess that was my first "collector" car.

I am 32.

1955 Packard 400
1988 Ford Country Squire LX
1997 Mercury Sable wgn
1995 F150 XL
1978 Thunderbird
1966 Fairlane GT/A Convert
1977 Thunderbird Squire Wagon
1959 Rambler
2003 Toyota Corolla LX (wifes car)

All are drivable. That is why I am poor, and why my wife rolls her eyes so much.


Gone but not forgotten:
1975 Datsun p/u
1980 Honda Accord
1992 Thunderbird SuperCoupe (Fast,fast,fast!!)
1977 Colony Park Wagon
1969 Fairlane SportRoof
1964 Thunderbird
1958 Thunderbird
1962 Thunderbird
1965 Ford Country Sedan Wagon
1971 El Camino
1968 Ranchero GT
1992 Mazda 323

I am 61. The 51 300 is the first Packard I have owned. Had a high school friend who bought a 49 sedan for $15.00. Remember going with him at 6:00 AM on his paper rout. My first car (given to me) was a 57 chevy 210 station wagon. The first car I bought was a 55 Desoto for $50.00. Was fresh out of Navy boot camp in 1967 and needed transportation. I don't think I can remember all the cars I've owned (over 30 of them) but here goes the list.

1931 Model A coupe
1930 Model A coupe
1930 Model A pick up Basket case
1935 Cad V-8 4 door
1960 Cad 4 door
Another 55 Desoto
1959 Rambler American Wagon
1957 Chevy 2 door Wagon
1957 Chevy 4 door 6 cylinder
1962 Chevy ll 6 cyl
1967 Chevy ll wagon 6 cyl
1969 Pont Cat wagon
1970 Chevy Wagon
1951 Studebaker State Commander Stair-light Coup.
1955 Olds Super 88 Hardtop
1956 Ford f100 Pickup
1952 Dodge Pickup
1965 VW Bug
1963 VW Bug
1967 VW square back
1974 Chevy Van. (still drive)
1976 Lincoln Mark 4
1973 Dodge Charger ( still Drive)
1951 Packard 300
1947 Cushman scooter (for good measure)
1959 Cushman Eagle (same)

I know there are more but my memory fails me.

Just remembered the 1977 Old Cutlas I bought new.

Sounds like I'm a Senior member. I'm 70 and like Dave I like Beaver Bush. I know little about airplanes though. I've had many Packards and been driving one of my own since I was 18. All my Packards have been 51-56. Given the amount I paid for them they were all great cars. If you see me at a show or cruise anywhere, give me a poke in the ribs and I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

27 going on 90, or at least it seems like it these days.

I'm hard of hearing and have varicose veins in my legs and now a pacemaker.....but i love life. and my son and wife.

my getting into Packard wasn't an internet thing...it was a family thing and tradition thing. I must say that this site sure helps in owning one though!

1955 Clipper Custom Constellation
1997 BMW Z3 2.8 supercharged
2001 Ford F150 Supercrew
2002 BMW X5 3.0

my first car was a 1983 Chrysler Cordoba 318 lean burn POS! then on to a 2001 Ford Ranger, then the Z3 (kept it), then 2005 Ford Ranger, then the 2001 F150 (current car).

later,

Hank

Richard age 45
Retired (2006) ASE master and equipment tech.
Raced motorcross in the mid 70's and then became addicted to oil and rust.First car was a truck -68 Chevy short step.
To many to remember but here's a few hi-lites,
68 GTO
68 Charger
69 Road Runner
67 Dart GT
70 Dart Swinger
70 Charger 500(miss this one)
49 Olds
68 Buick Riv
68 Camaro convertable
70 Elcamino
49 Studebaker P/U (440 Chrysler)
38 Packard 110
49 Studebaker P/U (on 90 Toyota P/U frame,all Toyota running gear.
2004 Tundra Limited(Mine)
2005 Lexus LS 430(wife's)
I save ya from the list of crap layin around the ranch.(Boats,quads,tractors,fire engine,etc..)

Great replies every one so far. Nice to see the cross-spread of age groups represented!

And as requested...thread moved.

41 years of age, 20 years in the National Guard (combat engineer who never saw combat, deployed 3 times) and 11 years as an electrician.

All my old cars were under $400; that's how much you could get out of an ATM machine in one day.

67 Chrysler Newport
73 Plymouth Fury
66 Dodge Dart
68 Dodge sedan
mid 80s Citation
74 Plymouth Fury
86 Buick Century
98 Buick Century
06 Buick Lacrosse
1965 Chevy 1/2 Ton Truck (I still miss this one)
1952 Packard (drive it when I can)