"Feature Car" Bob Newlands & Jan Taylor 1927 Model 343-7P Touring      Events!    We have a full Calendar, for 2025.         Club Meetings  Meetings are held with CCCA at.....      The January 1 meeting will be in front of your TV watching the bowl games. The Old Spaghetti Factory in south Portland will be where we find ourselves for the next meeting. That's at The Old Spaghetti Factory at 715 S Bancroft St, Portland 97239. We will meet on the upper level in the back of the bar area. See the Calendar.  Annual Planning Meeting  November 8th at 10am  Matt and Karla Hackney's Garage 1330 Imlay Ave, Hillsboro 97123  Our annual planning meeting is a very important meeting to attend as it outlines our activities for the upcoming year. This is your change to voice your desires and shape the future of our clubs. Lunch and drinks will be provided, however, you must RSVP to John Imlay ( j.imlay@avairprosservices.com ) so we know how much food to buy!  Holiday Party Sunday, December 14th  Our Holiday Party and Annual Meeting will be held on December 14th, at thee Tualatin Country Club. John Imla has got his  details worked out and they can be found in this FLYER. Thanks John!!     2018 Packard Holiday Dinner     2018 Forest Grove Concours

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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