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Garrett Meadows

What year/model is this movie Packard?

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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

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Posted on: 2016/3/8 19:28

BDC

Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?

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Looks like a Darrin. 37, 38 or 39?

Posted on: 2016/3/8 20:12

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JT120

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I'd say 1940

Posted on: 2016/3/8 21:10

BDC

Re: What year/model is this movie Packard?

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That was my initial thought, but the car don't have the "catwalk" side grills.

Posted on: 2016/3/8 21:15

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saltydog

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And it has a 1941 bumper. G

Posted on: 2016/3/8 21:33

BDC

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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

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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?

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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

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Sorry, should have said not bumper

Posted on: 2016/3/8 22:26

Darrin180

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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?

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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

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