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I took a look at the site linked. They state that the pic is Clark Gable looking over the supercharger in HIS T-Bird... but Gable's car was actually sitting a few feet away when this photo was taken and his car was a dark color, not the light one shown. In my photo set he parks his dark car (I think red) next to this light car and sits there with a starlet while he smokes a cigarette. BTW, Gabe loved Packards too!
Posted on: 2014/3/17 14:19
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Gabel? Gable.
Posted on: 2014/3/17 15:10
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There were still other supercharged Packards that were postwar straight 8s. According to Nat Dawes' book "The Packard 1942-1962" on Page 105 he shows a good photo of what is claimed to be a 1953 supercharged Packard convertible. The caption reads that four 1953 convertibles were done by McCullagh Division of Paxton to demonstrate how supercharged straight 8 Packards could perform. Perhaps this is where the idea of supercharging the first two Packard Panthers came from.
Posted on: 2014/3/20 4:18
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Yes, of course, Gable. Typing fast... and doing so late at night. But the rest of what I said IS accurate...
Posted on: 2014/3/20 4:24
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