Pam and Paul's 1928 Packard 526, barnfind, tornado survivor.. and restored by Paul!

 It takes a before and after to appreciate the amount of commitment and dedication, and the level of excellance that people have put into their car restoration. My compliments!

the window on the right? That was the 2nd floor of the garage, and the Packard is somewhere inside that 2 into one story garage, in pieces, just as it was about to be reassembled because the pieces and parts were recently finished

1936 Packard V12 convertible sedan 1408

 I often wonder what is in the elegant trunks on these pre ww2 autos, and this is one rare example of an open one displaying the fitted luggage inside

Packard Clipper... one huge car

 great color contrast between the green interior, and the gold dash.

the car that I liked the most at the Desert Classic Concours, a wonderful open touring pinstiped Packard

I was surprised to see this license tag, they are rare to find, but were on every car made in the US til Ford broke the strangling patent that Selden had concocted to make money:

The above tag has a bit of historical perspective...
 the Selden company patented the automobile. He collected on every car made... 0.75%
Selden was a patent attorney.
 His dad was a judge, and a prominent Republican attorney most noted for defending Susan B Anthony.
Yeah, it obviously didn't stand up very long, but for a time, they had the patent on the automobile, and if you wanted to sell a car in America, you either paid a licensing fee or fought them in court.
Henry Ford fought them in court and won... he was obviously better prepared to make a success and a fortune that he'd share with the US Govt by way of taxes, so the right people were persuaded to take the patent of the automobile, and make it go away... the reason given was that the Ford and other cars were using an engine based on a different engine than Selden had patented. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/05/spooky-no-traction-sliding-on-ice-as.html

Hollywoods Golden age stars of the silver screen and their cars

 Clark Gable and his 32 Packard

 Laurel and Hardy in a 1930 Buick Series 30

 Al Jolson and his Mercedes

 Errol Flynn and his Auburn Speedster

 Ginger Rodgers and her 37 Dodge

 Jimmy Stewart and his Plymouth

 Joan Crawford and her 32 Lincoln Model K

 Bing Crosby and a 39 Oldsmobile at the movie studios

Cary Grant and his 1941 Buick Century