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Yet another example of Paul trolling this board, looking for a reaction, much like a petulant child. Yes, its easy to ignore Paul's posts and not click on them, but I, as well as most others here, feel Paul is trolling.

I suggest a 30 day visit to ban island for Paul. Perhaps that will give him time to find something constructive to do with his life.

I am tired of Paul's constant touting of his stang over the qualities of porsches. Seems out of place on a porsche forum. Would be a hit on a Mustang site, I would think. And well received there.
This posting on the other hand is very cool. Great lady and her love for a great car. I almost didn't click on this because of the usual content.
Thanks Paul

Cheers Richard

I, on the other hand, enjoyed it...


but not as much as if he had linked to pics of a nice Stutz Bearcat.

I enjoyed it as well, but i still prefer my well setup 944 :)

101 year old woman driving a manual transmission Packard with non-assist steering and brakes?

I LOVE IT!!!! Thank you Paul! :D

angela

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101 year old woman driving a manual transmission Packard with non-assist steering and brakes?

I LOVE IT!!!! Thank you Paul!

Exactly ! This lady is representing for the seniors ... I know i wont be anywhere near that sharp when I'm 75 let alone 101. Respect.

Is all good !

Now that is what I call a Daily Driver....

My Dad worked for Packard in the 30's and WW2 years. There is even a picture of him in the Packard book. Dad loved those cars. If I were to get a Classic that would be the marque I would buy. "Ask a man who owns one"...

I love Packards as well. I saw a flatbed with a mid-'50s convertible on it last week, it actually looked really good condition-wise. It had a layer of dirt on it like it had been in storage for a long time. It was white w/ dual antennas sloping rearward from top of rear fenders, total WW2 PT boat-influenced styling.

It must have been one of the last ones they made. ('56?)

At any rate, those were great cars from the golden age of the industrial revolution.

Packard is a sad story...

Prior to WWII, they were a very well regarded auto, many considered them a step above Cadillac.

During the war they built the Merlin Aircraft engine for the P-51 Mustang and others.

Were in good shape financially after the war, however....

Somehow, Roosevelt sold (gave?) the dies for the large Packard car to Stalin... Russian ZIS and ZIL limos.

With only the medium sized car, and an attempt to go into taxicabs and lower price cars, terrible quality control, they went down the tubes rapidly.

At one point, for blocks and blocks around the factory, there were new Packards parked on city streets that had been 'completed' but had too many build issues to ship and sell. Even those that did sell required the dealers to spend hours and hours fixing the cars before they could sell them.

Then Studebaker took them over... they ended up screwing 4 headlights on 2 headlight Studebakers and calling them Packards...

Then they were gone.

I dunno what historians think, but the wiki does not credit that notion.

Packard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nice story Paul. Thanks for posting.

Hope you'll still be driving the Bullit at 101.

Naw...I hope to take my departed Uncles advice: "Don't live to be 90, Paul."
He was 90 when he said that. Died at 92.

Keep the Bullitt as long as I kept the old 911S? Naw...I'm already thinking of other cars...just not P-cars. I promised Cindy no more P-cars.

Pretty cool lady in the vid...glad those who bothered to click enjoyed it.

Nice video, thank you for posting it.

Motion, change your name to Emotion, or something more fitting.

You sold your '72?

That old piece of Krap? I got bored with it. It was hard to move, but finally found somebody to give me $1,000 and take it off my hands. Said he needed a parts car.

BTW, you really think this comment is still funny after posing it a few hundered times? :confused:

Es kommt zuruck!

If I've posted it a few hundred times, it is only because you have seen fit to bring it up a few hundred times.

at this point, the people who complain about paul's posts are more annoying then the stuff that he posts.

the last thread he started about the racing mustang was interesting. it was annoying to see people immediately jump down his throat.

My wife likes the Auburn Model 851 Speedster. More elegance to the design but I don't know if the trunks on those can hold more than a lunch bag.

i grew up very near where the Auburn's were built (Auburn, Indiana). The museum there is great...auburns, cords, and duesenbergs. neat place. (the origin of the phrase "it's a Duesie")

Damn straight :D

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1273175594.jpg

Ssssshhhhh, don't tell anyone, my seats aren't concours/period-correct items.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1255029335.jpg

My dad was a Packard man and I loved the video. Great car and a great woman, the two were made for each other.

I agree...

HA! This is the most ironic and funniest thing you have ever posted.

I forwarded this to my dad, who is a Packard man @ 86, and he really enjoyed it, as did I.
Thanks Paul!:)

This. Whatever Paul may be up to, if you don't like his threads, why check in ? Better yet, why not put him on ignore - UNLESS of course you have a personal vendetta, which is how it is starting to look.

You know who you are.

Why check in? I'll tell you why: Unlike certain known trolls around here, PWD used to actually contribute posts with some value to this forum. For years. It's old habit on my part to keep checking every thread he starts just to see if maybe he's over his juvenile Mustang-baiting BS, particularly when the thread title is misleading. He starts a lot of threads here. He's gone from being a reasonably regular guy to probably the biggest cock-knocker on the forum, a complete troll. (This Packard thread would be an exception, if not for the baiting title).

I spend a grand total of maybe 1 hour a day on the internet most days, and a smaller and smaller percentage of that time here. I've never put anyone on "ignore", I just do not read posts or threads started by boring or boorish people here, generally speaking. We're not curing cancer here, just shooting the schit. Opinions are allowed on anything, including the demise of PWD's value to Pelican. IMHO, of course. :cool:

baiting title, or just a warning?

Randy, you know me. You know I call 'em as I see 'em. It was intended as a warning, though certain people here will never believe that.

At the end of the day, it's only the internet. I'm not laying in bed thinking about anything here, I promise. Whether it's me being a dick, someone else being a dick, whatever...