A late friend of mine had the identical car, which he let me drive. This was around 1980, and I still remember the smoothness of the Custom 8. Unforgettable.
No plastic, no squeaks, no rattles, locomotive-like torque. Runs quiet and smooth because it really is, not because of sound-deadening crapola or "active suspension". Amazing what America could do when we actually tried. Beautiful car. No wonder Packard's slogan was, "Ask the man who owns one"
Owned one for a bit and loved every second of it! Mine was all original except for paint and drove it home about 250 miles the day I bought it (friend behind me in truck with tools). Ran like a champ the whole way. Miss it!
Appreciated the continuance of a detailed operation of the vehicle, the effortless ability to drive the vehicle, and highly descriptive narrative of everything from starting, overdrive, turn signal, engine operation, and overdrive operation. Excellent job!
An interesting fact about this car is that it was the 1947 Packard with different sheet met. So the chassis was exactly the same. I have a 47 custom super clipper and when I was working on it underneath I could see that underneath it's built like a truck. So it's basically a truck chassis with a beautiful body and interior.
I am glad to hear how easy to drive it is, I have one I am in the process of restoring I am still learning to driving manual, I was wondering how easy to steer it would be but it looked easy to drive, Mine is a Deluxe 8 2 door
A late friend of mine had the identical car, which he let me drive. This was around 1980, and I still remember the smoothness of the Custom 8. Unforgettable.
I had a 1950 23rd series. I was parked, someone asked if they could hear it run, I said no. When asked why, I told them it was running.
The hood ornament is amazing on this car.. what a commanding view.
So much pride and engineering went in to these cars.
Impeccable engineering and construction. The Packard Company took great pride in the building of their cars producing an exceptional product.
My 1947 Packard Custom Super Clipper 2126 had a completely different dash and had a green light that indicated overdrive in the speedometer face.
Packards are really beautiful cars.
No plastic, no squeaks, no rattles, locomotive-like torque. Runs quiet and smooth because it really is, not because of sound-deadening crapola or "active suspension". Amazing what America could do when we actually tried. Beautiful car. No wonder Packard's slogan was, "Ask the man who owns one"
Owned one for a bit and loved every second of it! Mine was all original except for paint and drove it home about 250 miles the day I bought it (friend behind me in truck with tools). Ran like a champ the whole way. Miss it!
Appreciated the continuance of a detailed operation of the vehicle, the effortless ability to drive the vehicle, and highly descriptive narrative of everything from starting, overdrive, turn signal, engine operation, and overdrive operation. Excellent job!
Wow you’re lucky. I happen to be a 20 year old classic car enthusiast that’s just now wanting to learn a lot about them, even with just a permit 😂
Nice automobile. It would have been great to see more of it ! As long as you had it and the camera out and doing what they do !
Great video and beautiful car. Packard really made good cars back then.
One was the daily-driver of a professor in my college. He said that he wanted no other car for the rest of his life!
An interesting fact about this car is that it was the 1947 Packard with different sheet met. So the chassis was exactly the same. I have a 47 custom super clipper and when I was working on it underneath I could see that underneath it's built like a truck. So it's basically a truck chassis with a beautiful body and interior.
Beautiful machine! Today we have plastic junk disposable cars.
Beautiful car and ride!
made me feel good...nice drive!
I am glad to hear how easy to drive it is, I have one I am in the process of restoring I am still learning to driving manual, I was wondering how easy to steer it would be but it looked easy to drive, Mine is a Deluxe 8 2 door
Very Nice I Just Purchased A 48 Packard All Original Out Of Kentucky, Now Need Someone To Do Some Minor Repairs And Cometic Work.