incredibly smooth. 175 hp was Alot of power back then. Most cameras pick up all the rattles in modern-day cars crappy trim & others noises. Not the case here. This is real craftmanship. Thank you for sharing.
I admire the efforts of anyone who takes on the restoration of a 76 year old classic car like a Packard.. The amount of investment required to do a full ground up restoration is done by this gentleman who clearly loves this car. Wish him the best.
What a joy to see you start up and run that splendid classic fresh out of your barn find. I wished I could have gone on that test drive with you! (so cool)
That is one fantastic, beautiful old Packard, man. Back in the 90's there used to be raves in the old Packard plant that shut down in 1958 or so in Detroit. It was the largest building under one roof in the world when it was built, a real modern marvel not unlike their cars.. Your Packard is definitely a testament to a slower, elegant, beautiful time. Nice ride..
one of the finest cars ever. Packard had the smoothest engines. even after their heyday and about to go out of business, their straight 8 was so smooth that you could not tell if it was running.
If you watched the entire series (three videos), they did put oil down in the cylinders and turned it over by hand many times to get it lubricated before they cranked it up and drove it. They did mention that they'd changed all the fluids also. Just because we're Americans doesn't mean we're ignorant about how to treat old cars, Jamjar107. The old-car restoration hobby is quite strong in this country, and there are thousands of people who do this -- and actually know what they're doing, too.
I've had 3 Packards A great cars....My mother had a 1937 Packard V12.and it was wonderful.You have to drive one to know.......We have nothing like them today
What a fantastic episode! It looked so stress-free and as if it wanted to go on forever. Packard, one of the most famous makes in American automotive history. Thank you and keep up the good work. Best wishes to you all from the UK.
If the electrical system was designed for 6 volts, I'd leave it alone. I bet you got lots of smiles from other drivers watching this thing cruise on the highway! Great old classic! :-)
Beautiful! My sixth grade teacher when in college had chauffeured a couple who had a limousine that he said was a parallel dual six if I recall. He said it could climb any hill in high with no difficulty. Your Packard is amazing.
I have always loved the early Packards. What surprised me here was that the mechanical gauges work! Thank goodness there is still a company that makes parts for these.
I believe what you describe is known as "quality", which has going out of fashion in favour of quantity. Instead of making 20,000 cars a year, a maker is only happy when they sell 2 million or more!
Great to see this on the road and not at Pebble Beach. My dad owned a 1930-something Packard 12 convertible in the 50s. He bought it from a junkyard in southern California where it was being used as a hauling vehicle.
Very nostalgic. My father had a 1937 Packard 120 Woodie (right-hand drive - this was in the UK) for several years. Sure, it was the more humble model, but the view down towards the nose looked pretty similar!
PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL MEN THANK YOU KIND SIR FOR ALLOWING ALL OF US TO SEE ANOTHER VERY CLASSIC CAR ALSO PACKARD MOTOR COMP WOULD BE AMONG THE TOP CAR MANUFACTURERS TODAY HAD THEY NOT STOP PRODUCTION IN 1959 WHAT ASHAME QUALITY NEXT TO NONE
I'll bet that the people in the other cars were surprised. Last thing they expected to see that day way a '35 Packard, particularly cruising along at freeway speed.
Beautiful automobile! The exquisite designs were exemplary in those years and there was considerable pride from ctory workers, designers, and upper management. These cars had "style", were solidly built and even the upholstery was of fine workmanship. We modernized sure, but along the way, I feel that although we have advanced monumentally, we have also lost something. Maybe it's the 'romance' factor!!
what a fantastic car and in great condition for a 1935! The old girl drives well for her age. It is also so great to see a car like this being used and cherished as a classic, rather than being cut and shut into a a rat/hot rod, imho it spoils a car that should be restored and saved. Well done
It IS a Packard after all... that was a state of the art, very expensive car when it was new, in good shape I expect it could cruse comfortably at 70+ all day long.
when we got our Rolls Royce in 1986 I took granny for a ride in it. I was in my 20's. She walked all around it and then off we went. When we got back home she walked to the neighbors house to get her to come and have a look. When the lady was looking it over Granny said "rides like a Packard".. lol.
The Packard was one of the premier vehicles of it's time! No negative one of the premier vehicles of any time! I wish it was in my garage! I would properly maintain it but I wouldn't change a thing patina wise! It's way cool as it is!
I am guessing that this thing MUST have been kept in running condition to some degree- because you don't just find a 79 year old car in a barn and drive it away obviously... I would LOVE to own this. My god is that a beautiful machine!
No kidding. When me and my dad pulled a chyrsler 300 out of a barn after sitting for 21 years, and tried to start it, it dropped a valve, and needed (still isn't finished) an engine rebuild. I'm just thankful that it dropped it while starting and not on the road.
justfakeit888 Same thing happened to me, when I was younger I was dumb enough to try and start a 58 Cadillac after it had sat for many years. All we did was feed it fresh gas from a milk jug (probably very unsafe lol) and we seized the engine. It did briefly start though after some tinkering. Done properly I'm sure the motor would have purred like new again.
Well, it depends on the engine. My dad's izuzu NPR had sat for some 8 years, and after turning it over a bit with the kill switches enabled, we disabled them, and it fired up instantly. Better than 99% of new cars today.
justfakeit888 Did you clean the old gunked up oil out of the crank case first? The reason we siezed that old Caddy is because we tried to start it with the 25+ year old gunk all through it's engine. We were simply stupid about it, all we did was top off the oil and left the existing in there. Fluids break down, seals leak and corrosion sets in. We should have dropped the oil pan and cleaned all that nasty slugde out, change the oil filter, put new oil in with some lucas to really lube everything, and turn it over a bunch of times to circulate the oil before trying to start her. Oh and a little tip I learned over the years is use Marvel Mystery Oil to lubricate the cylinders, pistons and rings. Take out the spark plugs and pour a small amount of marvel directly into the cylinders. Thats when you should try turning her over to circulate everything...when you have the plugs out. Once you've done all that you should put new plugs and wires, and try starting her with new gas from an alternative source, unless you've already dropped the tank and cleaned it, and got the old gas out of the fuel lines, and changed the fuel filters. Even then after doing all of that she still might blow sky high, it just depends on how corroded everything is in there. It's best to just rebuild the damn thing first. The last car we worked on that had been sitting was an old slant 6 plymouth volare that had been parked since 91, and this was in 2012. We got her going doing eveything I just said, but it still leaked because the seals were a little dry rotted- but after running it for a while the leaks got a little less dramatic. I love tinkering around with old vehicles. My friend Ronald the "Mole Man" and I have sort of a salvage business, we clean out old abandoned properties and so forth, and we have found many cars over the years. If we plan to sell the vehicle it adds more to the value being able to list it as "running". So over the years I've gotten a little better at working on these old vehicles. Oh and you are right, the old Izuzu's had some kick ass die hard motors... My buddy Mike has a 99 that we borrow from time to time to haul shit, its got that 4he1 4 3/4 liter motor and that thing has like 220,000 miles on it and is still going strong. Those things were built to last.
No sir, we did not drain the oil. Wouldn't have really mattered, as the valve stem was way corroded. I don't think we were giving it any gas at the time, just spinning it over. I'm pretty sure that my dad had ran some oil through the cylinders first, and that is always something I try to do. Marvel is good stuff. Sounds like you guys have had a good time pulling stuff out of the bust. I'm not yet fully sure of my career, but that's on the list. Keep at it. :)
That car is amazing for as old as it is It's so quiet. Beautiful car. It looks like there's no play in the steering. Not a bit of shake from the wheel balance.
My dad said Packard were the best cars ever and he was always sad when ever talk about his old V12 Packard and how much he missed it like it was one of us kids.
She's so beautifull. I looked at the all the cars on the freeway going past you and they all look the same. Nobody will ever have that Packard style nowadays.
I don't know what to say, really, but looking out over that 'mile long hood' really brought back memories of the mid to late 1950's when I was a kid being taken on rides in our 1936 or '37 Packard Six. We have a difference of memory my older brother and I. I say it was a 1936, he insists that it was a 1937. All I know is that these Packards were total 'Class' ! I think these Packard models went; Packard Six, Packard One-Twenty, then Packard Twelve,.maybe more . Maybe you folks can educate me.
+Reg Sparkes >> All these old 1930's Packards were about 30 years before I was born... but I think they were classy cars in any era. I know my dad drove old Packards back in his day because he told me about them when I was a kid.
Wow nice, looks like real wood over the dash with the German Silver inlays.. I have not seen one like that ,only the door moldings we get in the shop on rare occasions ... I did get to do the Dash on the car of the dome. Fun to have even a tiny part of restoring these cars.....
+hyzercreek What people think and what is Actual are two different things. Packards were better than Cadillac's. I said the 'American Equivalent' to Rolls Royce. Rolls Royce was still #1.
What a beautiful car, in fact, I am surprised that more people passing you on the road did not acknowledge your car (with a honk or prolonged look). A few years ago, I purchased a 1931 Model A, Sport Coupe (Barn Find). I had the car trailered home with me following in another car and all the way home other cars were pointing and starring at my unusual car.
cool, such an old car and the engine is that quiet and powerful. i think there should be sound adsorbing material added all around the cabine and around the engine too, the quieter a car is, the more pleasent as stressless it is to cruize around in it.
Lovely car Tom.Has it been restored in the past prior to discovery ?.Love the Art-Deco interior and radio.My late father here in the UK had a 1938 R-R P111 , V-12 sports saloon and that at tickover was inaudible !.Wonderful video, many thanks.
these packard are fantastic quality cars and this is why you can return them to the road without a complete teardown the danger with that is that somebody without your professionnalism can be tempted to return such a car to the road without passing thru full safety checkup and causes an accident by a breakdown.
very nice! I just picked up a '39 hearse with the inline 8. The frame is as heavy as my 1-ton pickup. I'm looking forward to this moment - when I drive it for the first time!
incredibly smooth. 175 hp was Alot of power back then. Most cameras pick up all the rattles in modern-day cars crappy trim & others noises. Not the case here. This is real craftmanship. Thank you for sharing.
Brings back memories. My grandparents always had Packards. Grandmother liked to drive herself and she really moved!
I admire the efforts of anyone who takes on the restoration of a 76 year old classic car like a Packard.. The amount of investment required to do a full ground up restoration is done by this gentleman who clearly loves this car. Wish him the best.
What a joy to see you start up and run that splendid classic fresh out of your barn find. I wished I could have gone on that test drive with you! (so cool)
Fantastic. Amazing how quiet she runs, no valve noise. Beautiful find.
That is one fantastic, beautiful old Packard, man. Back in the 90's there used to be raves in the old Packard plant that shut down in 1958 or so in Detroit. It was the largest building under one roof in the world when it was built, a real modern marvel not unlike their cars..
Your Packard is definitely a testament to a slower, elegant, beautiful time. Nice ride..
That's really lovely. I know Packards were prestigious cars in their time, and rightfully so.
one of the finest cars ever. Packard had the smoothest engines. even after their heyday and about to go out of business, their straight 8 was so smooth that you could not tell if it was running.
All older American cars had class &craftmanship.Beautiful dashboard.
Its amazing how smooth and quiet that v12 is. WOW is all I can say.
If you watched the entire series (three videos), they did put oil down in the cylinders and turned it over by hand many times to get it lubricated before they cranked it up and drove it. They did mention that they'd changed all the fluids also. Just because we're Americans doesn't mean we're ignorant about how to treat old cars, Jamjar107. The old-car restoration hobby is quite strong in this country, and there are thousands of people who do this -- and actually know what they're doing, too.
I've had 3 Packards A great cars....My mother had a 1937 Packard V12.and it was wonderful.You have to drive one to know.......We have nothing like them today
You sure do know how to make an old man cry.
That engine must be ultra smooth, even quiet engines sound rattly on video. Awesome!!
What a fantastic episode! It looked so stress-free and as if it wanted to go on forever. Packard, one of the most famous makes in American automotive history. Thank you and keep up the good work. Best wishes to you all from the UK.
If the electrical system was designed for 6 volts, I'd leave it alone. I bet you got lots of smiles from other drivers watching this thing cruise on the highway! Great old classic! :-)
Beautiful! My sixth grade teacher when in college had chauffeured a couple who had a limousine that he said was a parallel dual six if I recall. He said it could climb any hill in high with no difficulty. Your Packard is amazing.
I have always loved the early Packards. What surprised me here was that the mechanical gauges work! Thank goodness there is still a company that makes parts for these.
I believe what you describe is known as "quality", which has going out of fashion in favour of quantity. Instead of making 20,000 cars a year, a maker is only happy when they sell 2 million or more!
Elegance in motion! Packards were truly the American Rolls-Royce.
What a great car and thanks for sharing the ride.
Definitely a classic!
As Packard used to say, "Ask the man who owns one." Beautiful original car.
Great to see this on the road and not at Pebble Beach. My dad owned a 1930-something Packard 12 convertible in the 50s. He bought it from a junkyard in southern California where it was being used as a hauling vehicle.
It's so crazy that this car is EIGHTY years old!
No doubt, the closest I will ever get to riding in a 1935 Packard, but I really enjoyed that so Thank you for taking the time etc. to upload this.
Very nostalgic. My father had a 1937 Packard 120 Woodie (right-hand drive - this was in the UK) for several years. Sure, it was the more humble model, but the view down towards the nose looked pretty similar!
I´m amazed how quiet this thing runs, i mean it´s now nearly 80 years old!
Thank you very much for uploading!
The view out the windshield is even more impressive than looking down the hood of a long nose Peterbilt. That era had it all.
Congratulations from France for your FANTASTIC barn find,thank for the ride,hope it never ends :-)
wow im amazed at how quietly she runs thats really quite amazing those cars really are so cool
Now THAT is a GRAND Automobile in every sense of the word.
Elegant, smooth ride! Excellent narrative, too! Thanks!
Just incredible :) Amazing quality back in '35. Thanks for sharing.
unbelievable...no vibration in the steering wheel ..... more to that car than just the motor..nice job thx for sharing
Beautiful car. Thanks for posting!!! Even though I am a bit late, only eleven years!!
If only I had this. Tears running down my face about now.
This car is still to this day a mechanical marvel
If I had the past that car on the interstate I would've been surprised! Beautiful!
Amazing vehicle! I hope to own a Packard with a symmetrical dash someday.
PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL MEN THANK YOU KIND SIR FOR ALLOWING ALL OF US TO SEE ANOTHER VERY CLASSIC CAR ALSO PACKARD MOTOR COMP WOULD BE AMONG THE TOP CAR MANUFACTURERS TODAY HAD THEY NOT STOP PRODUCTION IN 1959 WHAT ASHAME QUALITY NEXT TO NONE
I'll bet that the people in the other cars were surprised. Last thing they expected to see that day way a '35 Packard, particularly cruising along at freeway speed.
Beautiful automobile! The exquisite designs were exemplary in those years and there was considerable pride from ctory workers, designers, and upper management. These cars had "style", were solidly built and even the upholstery was of fine workmanship. We modernized sure, but along the way, I feel that although we have advanced monumentally, we have also lost something. Maybe it's the 'romance' factor!!
what a fantastic car and in great condition for a 1935! The old girl drives well for her age. It is also so great to see a car like this being used and cherished as a classic, rather than being cut and shut into a a rat/hot rod, imho it spoils a car that should be restored and saved. Well done
Wonderful car. I wish I could find something like that in that mint condition.
Amazing how something built 87 years ago keeps up with modern traffic. Packard was well ahead of its time.
Please share more videos of this Packard. Such a beautiful design. I love Packards !!!!
Packards, there's a car I wish would make a comeback. Shame what happened to the Packard plant.
very true. id have given anything to go along on that ride. the symphony of it all. would have been a thorough ear to ear grin on my face for sure.
What a piece of art!
What a work of Art❤
It IS a Packard after all... that was a state of the art, very expensive car when it was new, in good shape I expect it could cruse comfortably at 70+ all day long.
What a great car! Thanks for sharing it with all of us. What a great piece of American Engerning at its best!
Beautiful! Can’t believe you started it with the garage doors closed.
So cool ! I am real happy for you. My dad had a 30s Hudson Terra Plane that was his baby.
Wonderful car! And I love the dash too.
Be on the look out for a maroon 35 Packard.
Chief, there goes one now!
That was more of a burgundy, keep looking.
when we got our Rolls Royce in 1986 I took granny for a ride in it. I was in my 20's. She walked all around it and then off we went. When we got back home she walked to the neighbors house to get her to come and have a look. When the lady was looking it over Granny said "rides like a Packard".. lol.
How old was your granny, 104? lol
I love old 1930's American cars.
Thanks for the ride in that great old Packard !
a thing of beauty is a joy forever
The Packard was one of the premier vehicles of it's time! No negative one of the premier vehicles of any time! I wish it was in my garage! I would properly maintain it but I wouldn't change a thing patina wise! It's way cool as it is!
Now that is one pretty car!
I am guessing that this thing MUST have been kept in running condition to some degree- because you don't just find a 79 year old car in a barn and drive it away obviously... I would LOVE to own this. My god is that a beautiful machine!
No kidding. When me and my dad pulled a chyrsler 300 out of a barn after sitting for 21 years, and tried to start it, it dropped a valve, and needed (still isn't finished) an engine rebuild. I'm just thankful that it dropped it while starting and not on the road.
justfakeit888 Same thing happened to me, when I was younger I was dumb enough to try and start a 58 Cadillac after it had sat for many years. All we did was feed it fresh gas from a milk jug (probably very unsafe lol) and we seized the engine. It did briefly start though after some tinkering. Done properly I'm sure the motor would have purred like new again.
Well, it depends on the engine. My dad's izuzu NPR had sat for some 8 years, and after turning it over a bit with the kill switches enabled, we disabled them, and it fired up instantly. Better than 99% of new cars today.
justfakeit888 Did you clean the old gunked up oil out of the crank case first? The reason we siezed that old Caddy is because we tried to start it with the 25+ year old gunk all through it's engine. We were simply stupid about it, all we did was top off the oil and left the existing in there. Fluids break down, seals leak and corrosion sets in. We should have dropped the oil pan and cleaned all that nasty slugde out, change the oil filter, put new oil in with some lucas to really lube everything, and turn it over a bunch of times to circulate the oil before trying to start her. Oh and a little tip I learned over the years is use Marvel Mystery Oil to lubricate the cylinders, pistons and rings. Take out the spark plugs and pour a small amount of marvel directly into the cylinders. Thats when you should try turning her over to circulate everything...when you have the plugs out. Once you've done all that you should put new plugs and wires, and try starting her with new gas from an alternative source, unless you've already dropped the tank and cleaned it, and got the old gas out of the fuel lines, and changed the fuel filters. Even then after doing all of that she still might blow sky high, it just depends on how corroded everything is in there. It's best to just rebuild the damn thing first. The last car we worked on that had been sitting was an old slant 6 plymouth volare that had been parked since 91, and this was in 2012. We got her going doing eveything I just said, but it still leaked because the seals were a little dry rotted- but after running it for a while the leaks got a little less dramatic. I love tinkering around with old vehicles. My friend Ronald the "Mole Man" and I have sort of a salvage business, we clean out old abandoned properties and so forth, and we have found many cars over the years. If we plan to sell the vehicle it adds more to the value being able to list it as "running". So over the years I've gotten a little better at working on these old vehicles. Oh and you are right, the old Izuzu's had some kick ass die hard motors... My buddy Mike has a 99 that we borrow from time to time to haul shit, its got that 4he1 4 3/4 liter motor and that thing has like 220,000 miles on it and is still going strong. Those things were built to last.
No sir, we did not drain the oil. Wouldn't have really mattered, as the valve stem was way corroded. I don't think we were giving it any gas at the time, just spinning it over. I'm pretty sure that my dad had ran some oil through the cylinders first, and that is always something I try to do. Marvel is good stuff.
Sounds like you guys have had a good time pulling stuff out of the bust. I'm not yet fully sure of my career, but that's on the list. Keep at it. :)
Wow, a thrill of a video, a thrill of a ride.
That car is amazing for as old as it is
It's so quiet. Beautiful car. It looks like there's no play in the steering. Not a bit of shake from the wheel balance.
Sensational,wish I could afford a classic old car.
Such a beautiful car man. They don't make em like they used to
My dad said Packard were the best cars ever and he was always sad when ever talk about his old V12 Packard and how much he missed it like it was one of us kids.
First thing on my shopping list if I win a big lottery, 1933 Packard
She's so beautifull. I looked at the all the cars on the freeway going past you and they all look the same. Nobody will ever have that Packard style nowadays.
I don't know what to say, really, but looking out over that 'mile long hood' really brought back memories of the mid to late 1950's when I was a kid being taken on rides in our 1936 or '37 Packard Six.
We have a difference of memory my older brother and I. I say it was a 1936, he insists that it was a 1937. All I know is that these Packards were total 'Class' !
I think these Packard models went; Packard Six, Packard One-Twenty, then Packard Twelve,.maybe more . Maybe you folks can educate me.
+Reg Sparkes >> All these old 1930's Packards were about 30 years before I was born... but I think they were classy cars in any era. I know my dad drove old Packards back in his day because he told me about them when I was a kid.
Wow nice, looks like real wood over the dash with the German Silver inlays.. I have not seen one like that ,only the door moldings we get in the shop on rare occasions ... I did get to do the Dash on the car of the dome. Fun to have even a tiny part of restoring these cars.....
Beautiful car !!!
That was awesome! So smooth! Thanks for the "ride".
The American Equivalent of a Rolls Royce ! Packard quality was such that during WWII, Rolls Royce Merlin engines were built under license by Packard.
+jackpontiac52 In many ways, Packard was significantly superior to Rolls-Royce.
+wholeNwon No way, people in those days thought Packard was equal to Cadillac and neither was equal to Rolls
+hyzercreek What people think and what is Actual are two different things. Packards were better than Cadillac's.
I said the 'American Equivalent' to Rolls Royce. Rolls Royce was still #1.
jackpontiac52
Is that what you think?
In the 30's Packard was the car most used as taxicabs.
very nice you guys did a good job
Great video! Great car!
I love it, what a beautiful car. Couldn't help but notice it had a feature not commonly seen in cars of that era, a radio. Did the radio work?
It's really quiet it's amazing!
Yea I asked my uncle told me to get away from it or he put his foot up my ass he had a 1207 he got from his dad
What a beautiful car, in fact, I am surprised that more people passing you on the road did not acknowledge your car (with a honk or prolonged look). A few years ago, I purchased a 1931 Model A, Sport Coupe (Barn Find). I had the car trailered home with me following in another car and all the way home other cars were pointing and starring at my unusual car.
Curly Q. Link
Of course you checked all the equipment, brakes, cooling, etc. AND that the license was still valid. Sure is a clean looking car.
that car starts better then all both my cars
"Ask the man who owns one"
I think I might load up the Packard and drive down the mountain to have tea with the Vanderbilts!
cool, such an old car and the engine is that quiet and powerful. i think there should be sound adsorbing material added all around the cabine and around the engine too, the quieter a car is, the more pleasent as stressless it is to cruize around in it.
Sweet all I can say is when I was born I came home in a wicker basket - same
car, my father was a Packard freak.....
When I was a kid, and got in trouble, I hid in the glove club compartment of my grandfather's Packard.
Wonderfully solid.
Lovely car Tom.Has it been restored in the past prior to discovery ?.Love the Art-Deco interior and radio.My late father here in the UK had a 1938 R-R P111 , V-12 sports saloon and that at tickover was inaudible !.Wonderful video, many thanks.
Thank you for that ride !
Thank you. Enjoyed the ride!
these packard are fantastic quality cars and this is why you can return them to the road without a complete teardown
the danger with that is that somebody without your professionnalism can be tempted to return such a car to the road without passing thru full safety checkup and causes an accident by a breakdown.
This car has already been restored and "gone through" several times in its lifetime.
Quality Screen Time behind that wheel, that long bonnet,,,,road trip however short is wonderful
very nice! I just picked up a '39 hearse with the inline 8. The frame is as heavy as my 1-ton pickup. I'm looking forward to this moment - when I drive it for the first time!
georgeous car Absolute treasure
Pretty sweet vehicle! And I thought I recognized that section of highway.
I,ll bet the more she ran,the more she wanted to run.That was cool,thanks.
Awesome video!
Thanks for sharing!
Motor car of great magnificence!
Beautiful car !
Awsome car
a beautifull car. this should be kept like a baby
awesome car!