old car humor

[Packard enthus.]

Questions re: old car humor

I am still driving my '38 Packard Twelve (purchased in 1957 for twenty five bucks. 

 

C'mon...guys....someone come up with some NICE funny responses when I am asked the usual questions like "did you buy it new".....,  "where do you get gas....tires..."  etc....etc...!

[trimacar]

I just tell people I can’t afford a new car, so have to drive the old ones.

 

Getting in my 38 Packard once, a lady says how dare you drive such a valuable car on the road.  I asked her, who was I saving it for?

 

People ask where you get parts, my answer is that man made the parts once, man can make them again.

 

I get the question “how many miles per gallon does your Pierce/Packard/Cord get?” I smile and say “who cares?”.

 

The best series of questions came on a tour in south Louisiana a number of years ago. “What kind of car is that?”  It’s a Cord.  “You mean Ford, I never knew they made something like that!”  No, a Cord, made by the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Company.  “Oh, it’s a German car then.”  NO, made in Indiana, a front wheel drive CORD.  “ Oh, front wheel drive is new, so it’s a replica?”……..sigh, sound of me giving up…..

 

Then, the prize is taken by the father, walking by my Packard, telling his young son “Wow, there’s a Packard, son, the only European car ever made in the United States!”

 

 

[28 Chrysler]

No Keith Richards bought it new and I got it from him.

[LARRYCAROL]

l have a fellow tech ask who made my sons Studebaker, I said Studebaker made it! What engine, 289 Isaid. Oh a Ford engine! No! He insisted only Ford made 289s. 

[rocketraider]

"They know what they know, and that's ALL that they know,  or want to know."

 

That's how an Episcopal priest explained it to me a few years ago. Sure, the conversation wasn't about old cars but it fits.

[wayne sheldon]

Most people are too busy arguing about how "right" they are to actually learn what "is right".

That includes most of my family.

[human-potato_hybrid]

On 9/20/2023 at 11:52 AM, LARRYCAROL said:

l have a fellow tech ask who made my sons Studebaker, I said Studebaker made it! What engine, 289 Isaid. Oh a Ford engine! No! He insisted only Ford made 289s. 

It's true, they patented and trademarked that exact amount of displacement! 🙄

[KURTRUK]

On 9/25/2023 at 8:00 PM, human-potato_hybrid said:

It's true, they patented and trademarked that exact amount of displacement! 🙄

So while Ford soldiered on with their flathead V-8, they let Studebaker use the OHV V-8 first in 1951. Very gracious of them! Then they allowed Studebaker to use the 289 displacement from 1956 to shutdown in South Bend in 1963. Then Ford finally put it in their own cars.  I just haven't read much about Ford changing the engine over from gear-driven timing to timing chain, and moving the distributor from the back of the engine to the front. 🙄🙄🙄

[mrspeedyt]

I've had similar reaction from people when they ask what my Cadillac has in it and I say a 429.

one person said I didn't know Ford engines were in Cadillacs!!

[rocketraider]

And invariably, the punk kid behind the parts counter will try to tell you all GM 350 engines are Chevrolet engines.

 

Right after telling you "it's all GM".🙄

[human-potato_hybrid]

Talked to a lady with a 1956 Packard Patrician at Hershey this year. She told me one time someone insisted the twin exhaust on her car was not factory. 🙄

 

What's funny is, it's not like that car just has pipes hanging out under the car. They are integrated into the rear bumper and look extremely factory.

 

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Edited October 9, 2023 by human-potato_hybrid (see edit history)

[28 Chrysler]

Back in 1973 or 74 I had a 1953 Imperial at a fundraiser car show with the hood up.

Two kids about 14 were looking and one said "who would put a hemi in a tub like that".