Don't click if you want to see only Porsches

[pwd72s]

Two Classics, One Car - Video Library - The New York Times

[motion]

Moderators:

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.

[tevake]

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

[RWebb]

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


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

[looneybin]

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

[Laneco]

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

I LOVE IT!!!! Thank you Paul!

angela

[romad]

Originally Posted by motion

Moderators:

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.

[sm70911]

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.

[afterburn 549]

Is all good !

[tabs]

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"...

[speeder]

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.

[tcar]

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.

[RWebb]

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

Packard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Dottore]

Nice story Paul. Thanks for posting.

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

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Dottore

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.

[kach22i]

Nice video, thank you for posting it.

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

[dtw]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

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.

You sold your '72?

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by dtw

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?

[mossguy]

Es kommt zuruck!

[dtw]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

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?

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.