Old Packard...for "Ultramatic" in NY

[firedome]

have to post it here as I haven't the option yet of PMing here at AW.org, sorry...we have had a couple of them and do keep our finger on the pulse of the Packard scene to some extent. If you're in "The City" you may not have the space etc, but there is a 22nd Series ('48-50) Packard like the pic in your Screen Name post, here locally in Binghamton, that has been for sale for some time and may be available very reasonably, does need the usual sprucing up of a car out of long storage, but looks very solid, the price may be right, and if of any interest I can investigate further...if you work on appliances the skills are the same to a great extent. The trend in the hobby lately is to get a car running and safe then drive it pretty much as is, and not restore to show condition. This is getting bigger all the time, especially on the West Coast, and is a lot more fun, really. It's what I'll do with my next car "victim". But we don't need much of an excuse here to go look at a vintage car of any sort!

 

[rp2813]

I have always driven any classic car I've owned.   I can't relate to the "cheese bell" mentality of having a car so perfect that the wheels never make contact with pavement.  Those vehicles belong in museums where they can be appreciated by many, rather than in a private garage where they rarely see the light of day.

 

When my sister was in college back in the early 70's, the managers of her apartment building had a '49 Packard.  I lusted after it, but when she told them I would be interested if they ever unloaded it, they advised her that they wouldn't wish that car on anybody.   Justice was done anyhow.  I ended up with a '64 Continental convertible, a 50-footer at its best, but it was a cosmetic  basket case and far too much for me to handle or afford as a restoration.  So instead it got driven around on nice days, and it really liked to move.  It must have been broken in by a lead-foot because it wound out nicely before shifting up to 3rd.  Fast forward about 20 years to when I started getting a gut feeling that something serious was going to happen, and finally got around to selling it to a guy who restores cars for re-sale.  The engine blew on him about a month later.  He had no hard feelings, as he knew such things go with the territory.  He sold it with the blown engine to somebody in the U.K. 

 

Where's the Packard in Louie's avatar?  I just see Louie's adorable mug there.

 

[Ultramatic]

Alas I don't have a place for it....

<span style="font-size: medium;">I have but one parking space...a very precious one for my daily driver. But thank you Roger, I do appreciate it!</span>

 

<span style="font-size: medium;">It's my nick Ralph, Ultramatic, Packard's automatic transmission. And thanks, you're mighty easy on the eyes as well. 
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[firedome]

Kinda figured that was the case

as our daughter lived on the Upper West Side for a few years and then on Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, for another few years - parking was ALWAYS a huge issue/hassle!
Difficult for sure to own multiple cars, no way I could live there with my hobbies!