Garrett Meadows	What year/model is this movie Packard?	#1
Home away from home Joined: 2014/6/21 17:28 Last Login : 2022/6/28 14:09 From Baton Rouge, LA Group: Registered Users Posts: 410	What year/model is this Packard in the 1953 movie "Blowing Wild," starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, and Anthony Quinn? I winced watching Anthony Quinn--probably a stunt driver--drive this Packard hell-for-leather over winding and dipping unpaved roads, through dry creek beds, and over exposed rocks. as always Garrett Meadows Attach file:   (26.20 KB) Posted on: 2016/3/8 19:28

BDC	Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?	#2
Home away from home Joined: 2012/11/30 9:55 Last Login : 10/20 0:36 From TX Group: Registered Users Posts: 2855	Looks like a Darrin. 37, 38 or 39? Posted on: 2016/3/8 20:12
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JT120	Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?	#3
Home away from home Joined: 2010/1/29 8:48 Last Login : 2/29 12:19 From North Carolina Group: Registered Users Posts: 113	I'd say 1940 Posted on: 2016/3/8 21:10

BDC	Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?	#4
Home away from home Joined: 2012/11/30 9:55 Last Login : 10/20 0:36 From TX Group: Registered Users Posts: 2855	That was my initial thought, but the car don't have the "catwalk" side grills. Posted on: 2016/3/8 21:15
	I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you Bad company corrupts good character! Farming: the art of losing money while working 100 hours a week to feed people who think you are trying to kill them

saltydog	Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?	#5
Home away from home Joined: 2006/4/23 15:43 Last Login : 2018/5/8 13:02 From Huntington Beach, CA. Group: Registered Users Posts: 133	And it has a 1941 bumper. G Posted on: 2016/3/8 21:33

BDC	Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?	#6
Home away from home Joined: 2012/11/30 9:55 Last Login : 10/20 0:36 From TX Group: Registered Users Posts: 2855	The more I look at the more I think it's a 40 or 41, but I don't see the "catwalks". It was the 40 & 41 models that had the running boards removed. Posted on: 2016/3/8 21:45
	I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you Bad company corrupts good character! Farming: the art of losing money while working 100 hours a week to feed people who think you are trying to kill them

JT120	Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?	#7
Home away from home Joined: 2010/1/29 8:48 Last Login : 2/29 12:19 From North Carolina Group: Registered Users Posts: 113	With that photo you can't make out the catwalks. Headlights, fender parking lights, hood lover and bumper lead to a 40 Darrin. Posted on: 2016/3/8 22:05

JT120	Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?	#8
Home away from home Joined: 2010/1/29 8:48 Last Login : 2/29 12:19 From North Carolina Group: Registered Users Posts: 113	Sorry, should have said not bumper Posted on: 2016/3/8 22:26

Darrin180	Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?	#9
Just can't stay away Joined: 2013/4/20 17:13 Last Login : 5/2 23:19 From Norcal Group: Registered Users Posts: 77	It is the first 1940 Darrin built 1806-2001. Alive and well in Calif.................. Posted on: 2016/3/9 0:56

Garrett Meadows	Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?	#10
Home away from home Joined: 2014/6/21 17:28 Last Login : 2022/6/28 14:09 From Baton Rouge, LA Group: Registered Users Posts: 410	Wow! That car is still in existence?! Considering how wildly it was driven in the movie, I'm surprised it survived the filming. But, of course, it could easily have been restored. Still, I'm delighted it is "alive and well." What makes the car even more interesting, is that Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, and Anthony Quinn all rode/drove it. as always Garrett Meadows Posted on: 2016/3/9 6:31