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No, Clemenza has a Cadillac with wooden bumpers. He actually complains about it just before he is picked up by the Packard. One of Clemenza's men, Pauly, drives Clemenza in that Packard all over town to rent flop houses and buy matresses. Then Pauly is executed in the car and the car is left behind. "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." Not Clemenza's personal vehicle.

Thanks.

Read a story recently in a popular auto magazine where the writer describes a hot rodder who has worked on everything, including "Packard V-16s." Never heard of a "Packard V-16." Do they exist? Could not find any with brief internet search. Is there such a thing as a "Packard V-16"?

Big, pre-war Packard Convertible Sedan in W.C. Fields THE BANK DICK (1940). This beautiful open Packard can be seen in many Universal Pictures titles.

I never made this assertion. Really interested in this thread. Very interesting. Thanks for the feed back. Take care Joe.

Yes, that is what I learned in the old car game: Never say "never" and never say "always" when talking about production and options.

Maybe this will help:

The thread is five years old. I watched this movie recently but had forgotten about this thread.

How Much? Where in Chicago area? Thanks.

Was Ford Motor Company a 24/7 operation in the mid 1930s? Three shifts? Did they work on Sundays? Weekends? Christmas? Interested in these details for the 1936 - 1937 period. Thanks PP

I never refer to my automobiles as "she". I don't give names to my automobiles.

Great Work. Really enjoyed the thread. Hoping to see the car at a National Meet some day.

Looks great.

Thanks West. Yes, interested in setting up at AACA meets. Looking forward to participating.

I am a published history author and my publisher is one of the firms listed in the original post. In the near future, I plan on publishing an antique automobile book that I have been working on the last couple years. How can I --an AACA member-- participate in the book events at AACA meets?

My 1937 Ford was in continuous storage for about 50 years. Was in storage with 2nd owner from 1963 to 1990 when his estate sold the car to the 3rd owner. The third owner had so many cars and trucks that he had no time for the 1937 Ford--it remained in a warehouse for sure from 1990 to 2012 when his estate sold the car to me. I got the car running in 2013. The car was really filthy -- I cleaned the car up a lot. Inside and out and underneath. Looks good now. I am going to leave it as is.

These two guys forgot that 8,500 feet of runway is only 1.5 miles. They had plenty of time to get a Hi Performance Dodge to 100mph+, but they ran out of runway. http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2017/09/11/two-men-killed-test-driving-dodge-challenger-hellcat-on-airport-runway.html

I always display my car with the hood down. That is how the designer intended you to see it.

Yes, you summed it up great; Car Flipper gAss Monkey Richard is not a "Car Guy", he is a Money Guy. Thanks for the warning. .... . . .

Just inexcusable. I remember catching a show about 20 years ago where the late presenter and actor Edward Hermann had found an old Packard and had it restored. What show was that? Anybody remember that one?

My first thought was to tap those brakes before going down the driveway. Someone else was thinking about the brakes too. Happy Motoring

Matt, I guess my two brothers and I are the exceptions. We are in our early 50s; we appreciate and have youthful connections to unmodified pre war cars. When we were kids my dad owned a 1937 Ford Fordor and a 1941 Buick Series 90. He also had a 1953 Chevrolet and 1956 Buick back then (I went with him to pick up that Chevy). Not only was our family involved in the old car game, we knew other old car enthusiasts with the same sensibilities; so we were lucky in that sense. I am a trained historian so to me it is really thrilling to experience actual 1930s / 1940s style motoring in a stock offering from that era. The fact that my father had these old cars around influenced us boys to buy our own old cars. And we like them stock. We were lucky to have that exposure back in the late 60s and 70s. We will see what happens to the hobby once my dad's generation start dying off and their cars hit the market. Hoping for the best on the preservation front.

This kind of butchery has been going on for a while. I recall how shocked sickened I was by Boyd Coddington's rape and dismemberment of a beautiful 1936 Ford Coupe so he could make a fake roadster out of it. Then there is gAss Monkey Richard and Chip Foose--more butchery. Some nice cars destroyed for entertainment. And then they move on to the next "build."

I worked at an Auto/Truck Rental and Leasing company in NW Indiana for a few years. The cars and trucks - even the rentals - were maintained to a high standard while I was there.

"History" left the History Channel years ago. I am a university-trained historian and history author: I have a good reputation here in the states and overseas and I would never risk that hard-earned credibility by appearing on the so-called "History Channel".