Last Sunday there was a car show at Dahl Ford, my old employer. I got quite a few pictures there for a future Car Show Classic walk and talk. As I was leaving, this beautiful 1939 Packard convertible sedan passed by.
I wish I could have gotten more pictures, but at least I had the presence of mind to get one. I’ve been getting really good at quick-drawing my camera!
Just have to say it. They don’t make them like that anymore.
Nice! I love the old convertible sedans. It was one of those bodystyles that everybody got in on before WWII, then completely disappeared, with rare exceptions (Frazier and Lincoln?)
Kaiser did 4-door convertibles as well as Frazer – I volunteered at LeMay’s open house the year the feature car was a 1949 Kaiser convertible sedan in that coral color that iirc was a one-year color. My volunteer t-shirt, in that approximate color, has a pic of the car.
…and I owned a 1962 Lincoln convertible sedan for several years in the early 70’s. It was an interesting car, quite compact – the convertible top was shorter than the top on my 1958 Plymouth convertible.
I want to say this is a 160 series? Regal . . . but not regal enough to be a 180 and a little bigger and more stately than a 120. ’39, of course, was the last year for Packard’s V-12. Beautiful car . . . . and I love Packard Eights . . . freight train torque. Many a car show I’ve seen proud owners do the balanced nickel trick on their Packard Eights.
Any opportunithy I get, I “ask the man who owns one.”
Just wondering, why is your mirror folded? Anyway, for a chance shot at a passing automobile, going the opposite direction, no less, it’s mighty good pictures. Also, look at the size/height of the Packard. If you’re wondering why SUVs and crossovers are so popular today, it’s because that’s what cars used to be like, before Detroit’s longer, lower, wider revolution.
My car was still parked on the street. I usually fold the mirror in, in case a passing car gets too close!
Everyone should have one of these.
Beautiful.