@@classicperformance Thanks for the response as a new subscriber. I look forward to future content. And thanks for putting these classics out there. Most folks would never see them.
In times past the Packard cars used to be one of the main luxury car brands for wealthy people. Some where around 1939 Packard became the first automobile to have an optional air conditioner, which all of todays cars have.
@@classicperformance The first air conditioning that Packard made available as an option had the evaporator and fan located in the trunk of the vehicle. Also in a couple of other makes of cars the first air conditioning evaporator and fan was located in the trunk of the vehicle around the early 1950s.
@@davidgrisez The 1953 Chrysler Imperial was one of the first production cars in twelve years to offer modern automobile air conditioning as an option, following tentative experiments by Packard in 1940 and Cadillac in 1941.[4] Walter Chrysler had seen to the invention of Airtemp air conditioning in the 1930s for the Chrysler Building, and had offered it on cars in 1941-42, and again in 1951-52. The Airtemp was more advanced than rival automobile air conditioners by 1953. It was operated by a single switch on the dashboard marked with low, medium, and high positions. As the highest capacity unit available at that time, the system was capable of quickly cooling the passenger compartment and also reducing humidity, dust, pollen, and tobacco smoke. The system drew in more outside air than contemporary systems; thus, reducing the staleness associated with automotive air conditioning at the time. Instead of plastic tubes mounted on the rear window package shelf as on GM cars, small ducts directed cool air toward the ceiling of the car where it filtered down around the passengers instead of blowing directly on them, a feature that modern cars have lost.
My grandpa drove only Packard cars from the 1930s until about 1962. He wasn’t wealthy, he just worked hard 14-16hrs a day Monday thru Saturday. Took Sundays off to go fishing. Cool video.
Suzanne, We'd love to take you for a ride if you were in the area!! Stay tuned for a '41 Cadillac coming soon to the Channel. Subscribe and turn on your notifications as you won't want to miss this beauty especially if you like the Packards!
Julian, the size of the wheel was in large part due to the fact there was no power steering in this era, just "armstrong" steering. So, the diameter of the wheel in conjunction with the steering box ratio made these cars some of the easiest big car to wheel around in the day. Packard was ahead of most all in the 1930's.
Early cruise control with throttle. Very nice machine and well maintained. A stylized cormorant over the radiator. Probably one of the best demos I’ve ever seen as to vintage automobiles. I drive my stock 51 Chevrolet 1/2 ton near daily so am familiar with older vehicles. Every thing works as new on her as well including six volt systems and gauges and lighting.
Thanks for the tips and support!! Love those old Chevy pickups!! nice that it still retains the 6V system too! We had a '53 3100 5-window a long time ago w the OHV 6 cyl motor. Great running truck and should have kept it!
The 115 & 120 were Packard's "junior" models, priced to compete with Oldsmobile. Your car here probably retailed for about $2,000 new. Now, compared to $600 for a Ford Model A, yeah that was a lot of money... but it was nowhere near the starting price of a "senior" model with it's larger I-8 or the V-12 engines. Those bad boys were mostly bespoke and started at about $5,000. Packard came out with the 120 in 1935 (iirc) to generate the sales volumes they needed to survive the Depression. I think it was an article I read in 'Road & Track' years ago that described it this way: the Senior models were built up to a standard whereas the 120s were built down to a cost - and yet, quality wasn't sacrificed. They're still Packards. The 120 did save the company.
Very nice. My dream is to drive a '30's-'40's car. I love the narrow art-deco dashes. It's funny, but on today's roads, drivers that use hand signals say, especially on right turns, that people just wave back! LOL
Times have changed, hand signals used to be part of the driver instruction book and also potentially a question from the random questions on the test. Today however, I think it is understood that folks have to keep one hand on the phone and the other on the wheel so it is very difficult to use hand signals. But we learned how back when.
You probably dont give a damn but does any of you know of a method to get back into an instagram account? I was dumb forgot my password. I love any assistance you can offer me!
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Most likely will. Coker has only one radial tire option for this car at the 16" size and is not very attractive and are expensive. You would looks the period correct look of the wheels with the Coker radials in my opinion. An alignment was performed recently which helped a lot with road manners. Thanks for the input Richard!
My mom...soon to be 93, learned to drive on her families 1937 Packard, no idea what model but probably the 115 or 120. It was gray. She has a pic of her and her siblings and dad standing next to it.
This would be perfect for me because I don't drive faster than 60 under most circumstances, even on the Interstate Highway System (for the record, I drive in the slow lane, so I don't hold up traffic too much). I just don't like driving that fast. And I have a formal style, and could use the practicality of a car like this. So it really just feels right.
Get the overdrive. They make them, and installing one doesn't cost a fortune. Lower RPM at speed equals better gas mileage... and at $4 a gallon, the difference between 10 mpg and 12 mpg will add up in one quick hurry.
Here in Texas there are two lane roads with 75 mph speed limits. If you drove 60 mph.on those roads you might get the middle finger salute. Here you DEFINITELY would want to install an overdrive unit.
I have a 52 Packard Mayfair which drives pretty similar. It has the Ultramatic which works quite well. But I think the 1930s Packards are so much better looking. Lovely car.
Very cool car it started a lot quieter than I expected my new Toyota sounds louder than that when it starts, I’m actually from Warren Ohio so these always interested me.
@@classicperformance Thanks!, maybe in the future! when i was a student in college, no car, from a lower middle class family, but i do believe that id be able to own a packard since i just dreamt of owning the mopar, the tbird, and some japanese classics i owned back then. really appreciate and love your videos mate!.
Thanks, Hank! We enjoyed this car for years and is with the new caretaker and still in the state. He's added original driving lights and some other upgrades and service. The 8cyl Packatd flathead is a very smooth proven motor too!!
Thanks for your interest Eddie, Coker Tire only makes one radial that fist these on 16" wheels. Not nearly as attractive as these bias ply. On smooth roads the bias are no problem at all, but on rough roads it wants to wanter a bit even after an alignment. 50 mph is the sweet spot for one of these all day long and with bias tires.
I love car that made just for driving like these. Today, everyone wants fast cars but what they don't know is you don't need a fast car to have fun no matter how old the car is. If you have a cool teammate, good music and a relaxing mind, it would make the driving experience more entertaining. Btw I think you should invest into something like a frontal kind of lamp but to place your gopro, just the casing and a strap to wrap around you head, it will give a cool pov and will distracting you less while driving (specially if it is manual). Really beautiful car mate.
True on all accounts. I do have a GoPro visor clip to use and do at times, I need to remember to use it more. Here's an example with the MG TF POV using the system you describe. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m4Dbhur0Gvw.htmlsi=VEdFmN-VIkd92bfu
I know this video is from 2 years ago. Probably frowned apon, but I have a 39 120. I'm turning it into a hot rod, being as I didn't have ANY of the front end.
Just happy to hear you are keeping another 120 on the road!!! Nothing wrong with that. Thanks for the interest. Check out our other Packard videos! and more to come!
Doug N, we never use ethanol fuel in older cars. The unleaded is not a problem at all. In come cases, when the motor is rebuilt, often hardened valve seats can be installed to help with today's unleaded fuels. I have been running unleaded non-ethanol in older cars for decades, which originally ran off leaded fuels, and no problems at all.
These engines do run a thermostat and is a closed pressure system at about 4-7 psi. The recommended thermostat is a 160 deg. which Max Merritt and Kanter sell. Typically it'll be around 1650 down the road and in traffic can inch up to 180 degrees. The system does hold a large amount of coolant too.
these are cruisers and none of the luxury cars of the era had tachometers to measure and display engine RPMs. The tach instrument was reserved for sports cars where horsepower was made at high rpms. These old luxury cars ran low rpms and boasted torque at low RPMS to get the big sleds moving along and run quietly while doing so.
Probably insane to daily drive something like this, huh? I am not talking freeways and Chicago, but more local smaller city stuff. Commuting, kids to school, etc. I imagine parts are a nightmare should anything break though. I would assume that is when the fantasy of daily driving an antique meets the real world?
Rusty, around town it is actually not bad at all. I was at the bank a while back in the drive thru on a Friday with a line, and sat and idled for 20 minutes. Temp stayed right on target too. Parts are there but a bit Expensive. Check out Kanter Packard Parts. They have a ton of NOS parts scooped up from all the dealers when Packard went out-of-business.
Wendell, that is always my thinking too. And there is a ready supply of mostly period correct looking radial options for 15" wheels. However at 16" and above the options are pretty limited and the appearance of the "pie crust" is even harder to find and you'll be looking at about $350 per wheel. So with a car from the 30's you have to ask, is it more for show and around town driving or hitting the open road? Cars from the 30's are not particularly happy at today's highway speeds, radials or now. We opted for the exact period correct look on this one and for example our 1967 Corvette, the Coker red line radials just as an example. Appreciate your interest.
Absolutely fabulous and gorgeous car but………… This guy is driving a completely restored 1937 Packard classic car and his phone while trying to record at the same time⁉️⁉️⁉️🤯🤯🤯
Yes we had to talk to our driver and have upgraded his equipment to a new GoPro and car mounts. Also, this is an original 120 Packard unrestored and all original chassis and drivetrain. Body has never been off the frame.
Ten samochód jest cudowny. Jakie ma wspomaganie kierownicy, jakie świetne zawieszenie, praca silnika wspaniala. Bardzo Panu zazdroszczę. Pozdrawiam z Warszawy Ps Z jaką prędkością Pan jechał w kilometrach na godzinę?
Witam w Warszawie, Polska. Dziękujemy za zainteresowanie Packardem. Samochód poruszamy się z prędkością od 70 do 85 kilometrów na godzinę na zwykłej benzynie o liczbie oktanowej 87. Ten samochód nie ma skrzyni biegów z nadbiegiem, dlatego najlepiej nadaje się do jazdy na bocznych drogach dwupasmowych. Musiałoby ciężko pracować, aby nadążać za nowoczesnym ruchem na superautostradach przy prędkości 120 km/h
