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Re: driveaway
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Ok, back to this wonderful weekend when 2,000 sun-drenched Packards, shining like gold, were waiting for their first adventure. Why does each spring, alas, have only one May? Pleasant anticipation was in the air and painted a smile on every face. Cheerful looking dealers from all parts of the country swarmed out like bees to find their golden girl.

Just Once For All Time (Lilian Harvey, 1931)
Laughing, singing, joy bells ringing
Life is today just a dream.
Music yearning, sorrows turning,
Bright eyes with happiness gleam.
Those fairytales are for a few.
This one I know is true.

Just once for all time
Does good luck greet you
And lead you on to Paradise.
Just once for all time
Does fortune treat you
To happiness beyond the clouds.

The flowers are your flowers,
The hours are your hours
The whole wide world belongs to you
There's just one Maytime
Make that your playtime
And start to live your life anew
With heart that's beating and lips repeating
Such happiness is too good to be true.




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Posted on: 2014/12/30 5:40
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The images show preparations for the long trip home. Not too many things are more joyful for a free man in a free country as steering a golden sparkling, brand spanking new Packard home under the spring sun.



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Posted on: 2014/12/30 17:53
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When the right car was found, the paperwork done and neither oil level nor tire pressure caused grounds for last minor activities then the time had come to say farewell. I'm almost convinced that a marching band waited at the gate when the convoy formed up.

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Elvis Presley - Mu? i denn zum St?dtele hinaus (Wooden Heart) 1960
This song is based on an old folk song from Swabia/Germany




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Posted on: 2014/12/31 2:41
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Are any of those cars custom eight, or convertibles, or station sedans?

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According to Bob Neal's book (pg. 80), there were "gold" examples at the driveaway of all Eight and Super Eight bodies except the Station Sedan, Super Eight convertible, and long wheelbase models. Only a single Custom 8, a convertible.

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The line of cars was headed by a motorized carriage, which looks like a 1899 Model A. The last images rank among the most impressive, ever published on this website.

Are you guys ready? You're late. Thanks for coming, here we go!



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Posted on: 2015/1/1 7:14
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Here are some few stragglers of the 1949 event. The location is not clear but the parquet looks, as if we are back in the Statler Hilton.


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Posted on: 2015/1/3 15:01
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Is that a picture of the factory on the wall in the back?

Does it say who are the people in the car, or what the others won the medals on their suits for? 😃

Is that a custom eight convertible? Does not look like it is gold.

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Is that a picture of the factory on the wall in the back?...

Yes.

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...Does it say who are the people in the car, or what the others won the medals on their suits for?...

No captions available. The medals seems to be quite common at this event.

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Posted on: 2015/1/3 15:20
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Here comes a golden convertible. The snapshot has been taken at the CNE Autoshow Toronto 1949.

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The caption reads: "This was taken at the Canadian National Exhibition at the Toronto Auto Show by the late Dr. Ames. This Kodachome captures the stand with the 1949 convertible and what I think is a 1901 Packard Model C. Packard painted a run of 2,000 Packard in custom gold paint. This photo proves that at least one convertible was painted gold."



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Posted on: 2015/1/3 15:46
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