"Feature Car" Bob Newlands & Jan Taylor 1927 Model 343-7P Touring     Events!    We have a full Calendar, for 2026. Current Events! can be found in the Brake Cables         Club Meetings   Are held with Oregon Region CCCA.....     Meetings will for 2026 start with chat-chat at 6:00PM, main meeting starting 6:30 and run to 7:30 PM. They will be held at the Clackamas Community Club which is at 15711 SE 90th, Clackamas, OR 97015. This venue is not a restaurant, so grab a bite before or after the meeting.   See the Calendar.  Tech Session Saturday March,14th Dave  Charvet Is hosting the session at his Newberg shop at 2800 E 9hSt. Mike McCready will be presenting on the PCV system. Stay tuned for more details.. Western Regions Tour '26 Thursday, Friday, Saturday June, 25th - 27th Jay Hubbard and the Silver Circle Region are putting on this year's Western Regions Tour in the Eastern Sierra around Mammoth Lakes. This is a spectacular area for crusing in your Packard.  These links lead to Tour details and a registration form Most important detail - Jay has reserved a block of rooms at the Mammoth Mountain Inn, so you will want to get your reservation in ASAP. See the Tour Details

WHO MADE PACKARD?

Well, Packard made Packard of course!

Packard was one of the greatest marques in the history the automobile, projecting the aura, prestige and excellence unmatched by any other manufacturer in North America during the years between the two world wars.  Packard has been described as being the automobile that, “expressed a young America’s striving for elegance, a tradition, a heritage to match the centuries-old culture of Europe.”  Many consider Packard the only real competition that Rolls-Royce ever faced.

The Packard Motor Car Company produced 1,610,890 automobiles between 1899 and 1958.

Packard produced a famous advertising slogan that is still being used for other products and services today.  It was originated in 1901 by James Packard, who believed that talking about Packards was a waste of time, best left to the owners.  When his secretary asked him for a sales brochure to send to a prospective customer, Packard replied that they had no literature and to tell the customer to, “Ask the Man Who Owns One.”

In 1921 Warren G. Harding was the first American president to be driven in an automobile to his inauguration.  The automobile was a big, beautiful, Twelve-cylinder “Twin-Six” Packard.  In 1937 the first car to cross the brand new Golden Gate Bridge was a Packard.

Packard was also responsible for many automotive “firsts” such as:

-          First to use a steering wheel instead of a tiller

-          First to equip cars with balloon (pneumatic) tires as standard equipment

-          First to include front and rear bumpers as standard equipment

-          First to use the selective gear shift with the “H” pattern movement

-          First to introduce complete weather-conditioning in production cars

-          First to provide sun visors

-          First to provide a package (glove) compartment in the instrument panel

-          First American production car to provide four-wheel brakes as standard equipment

-          First company to build a 1,000 hp aircraft engine

-          First to develop and fly a diesel aircraft engine

-          First American company to offer an L-head, straight-eight engine

-          First American company to offer a V-type, twelve-cylinder engine

-          First automobile company to build a 24-cylinder engine

To find out more about Packards, go to www.packardsoforegon.net which provides easy access to the Packards or Oregon Club and other resources on the Packard Motor Car Company.  An excellent reference is “Packard, A History of the Motor Car and Company,” by Beverly Rae Kimes.

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