Wayne's Beautiful '38 Packard!
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2017
- Wayne Parsons (5/5/1923 - 12/8/2020) was an amazing man, may he rest in peace. On July 9, 2017, I was lucky enough to get a ride in Wayne's beautiful, 79-year-old (pardon the error in the video), 1938 Packard Super 8 Limo. Wayne was a founding member of the Packard Club. For more information on Packard automobiles visit www.PackardClub.org.
This man is proof that it's as much about the people as it is the cars.
I want cars to look like this again ;-;
Same 😭
I don't. Love how these cars look but it's a look that belongs to certain era.
That's my uncle Wayne. He and uncle Art drove us around in that car, a few decades ago, when we lived in CA.
Great memories I'll bet! I am sorry for your loss.
@@chrismdieter
Glad that you were able to create this memory with him.
Would be interested if anyone else in your family knows more about the 38. We just purchased one and have many questions.
Please email me nrupley03@gmail.com
What a lovely automobile. As a teenager I purchased a 1932 Studebaker Roadster. I was 16 at the time and it was my first car. Saw an ad in the newspaper where the picture went to my dad and said I want that car he thought I was crazy everyone thought I was crazy especially my friends why do you want that old piece of junk. That car became part of the person I am today.. I fell in love with the twenties in the thirties the Music close the movies. I am now 84 years old and wish knew where that Studebaker was today. I did a very foolish thing and sold it about five years later when I moved to New York and had nowhere to keep it. I believe people driving car today do not know the meaning of driving a car. A car of that era how to be driven there was no power steering, no power brakes no TV monitor. You had to pay attention a know what you were doing but it was a joy and I miss it very much. Sometimes you'll see an old film one character say to the other let's go for a drive this evening is beautiful. Have you ever heard that or said that in your life let's go for a drive people don't go for drives anymore they just go to from one place to another by pushing one button or two. Please if you ever get a chance to really drive an automobile try it out and I think you'll find it enjoyable. How to shift in a couple of minutes it's not that big a deal. Just put the top down and go breathing along. Now I'm beginning to ramble I didn't mean this to be the first chapter of my autobiography. Oh just a PS you'll have to learn hand signals there's no turning signals
Thank you for commenting. So great that you have taken the time to offer the perspective of someone who has driven around the block a few times!
Reading passionate comments like yours really makes me appreciate more the things modern society takes for granted. Thank you! Nowadays, cars are mostly built to please the taste of those who either perceive them as status symbols, or mere means of transport. But there are still some of us among younger generations who feel the passion about everything mechanical, who respect and appreciate the engineering that went behind everything we blindly use every day. I have always tried to feel the car, to feel what's happening under that sheet metal, also to perfect my driving technique. That's why I went after engineering career, after all. Many times when I felt down, I just sat in my car and went for a drive. While most people look forward to buying a new car, my ideal scenario would be to have one car that I feel connected to, to use it to gain new experiences and produce memories, to share it with the dearest people around me, to visit as many places I can with it, to cover as much distance as possible in it... While all of that makes me happy, it also makes me sad not to have someone to share that specific kind of "weird" passion around me. But then again, after seeing this beautiful video of this gentleman and his Packard, and after reading your comment, I see that this kind of passion only became rare, but not extinct.
State of the art. Timeless beauty.
he paid $500 in 1951, and that car - a senior Packard - would probably fetch $300,000+ at auction today. the "singing" in the transmission is the result of straight-cut gear teeth. Packard pioneered the use of helical-cut gears many years before this, and also developed the first spiral-bevel gears for automobile differentials, making them even quieter.
not a bad investment! thanks for posting!
Thank you for adding some interesting facts to the conversation!
Nah. The only pre-war Packards that garner that type of cash are the Dietrich-bodied specials. I think that this one would be worth $50-60,000 in this immaculate condition.
Wayne was a wonderful man.
Yes, he sure was.
I rode in that car many times as a kid. Wayne and my dad were first cousins. Both are sadly gone now. A little family history. Their mothers were Elkerton sisters (Marion and Bessie). The family lived in Windsor around 1900. Like many, the family was large and were very poor. They migrated north to Crescent City around 1905, in a surrey followed by an Ox cart. When the surrey crossed the Klamath River on a ferry, the Ox tried to follow (Ox were not on the ferry). All the family’s possessions floated down the river. Maybe that’s where Wayne’s passion for quality transportation came from?
Thank you for adding that historical backdrop to Wayne's story! So interesting.
He drove a few brides to their vows in that limo. ^^
Beautiful car, Wayne is nice old guy 👍👍
Thank you, yes he was.
With all the bad news this was a pleasant diversion !!!!!!!! Keep it up Wayne!!!!!!!!.
Thank you for commenting. Wayne had an amazing life. He passed away at age 97 in 2020.
@@chrismdieter oh I'm sad 😔 R.I.P Mr. Wayne 🙏🏻😔
@@chrismdieter Oh wow 97! That's a high number, I wish I could live that long. Great fella, great car.
What an awesome car! God bless Wayne.
I always enjoy watching this video of Wayne and his Packard.
Many thanks to you and Wayne for taking us along for a ride... especially as this is as close as most of us will ever get to riding in such a stately motorcar that was designed and built not as a mere conveyance, but a work of art and craftsmanship meant to be driven for the greater glory of God.
You are welcome. I am glad you enjoyed it!
This was built on the "Senior Line" at the Packard plant in Detroit. 120's were built on the "Junior Line".
RADIUM CLOCK Thanks for your input!
Great story ! Beautiful car . Super old man. Celebrate Life !
Thanks for the ride and the vist Mr. Parsons. Drive your Packard in good health. 👍😉
My great uncle, a US Army Captain, had one of these cars in the 1940s after he came back from WWII. They drove that thing from Fort Bliss to his new duty station in Virginia sometime in 1947 and there is an old photo of my mom, at 4 years old, standing next to it in my grandparent's driveway.
Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful American craftsmanship
What a beautiful car. The ultimate. My father had a 1938 Packard Super Eight 5 passenger touring sedan from 1942 to 1949. It was the very first car I ever drove, and there has been none better since. Joe Morgan
A bugger to parallel park, though, wasn't it?
Huge love and respect to B. Wayne Parsons ... Rest in peace Uncle Wayne ... ^^
Oh no. Did Wayne pass away recently? I am so sorry for your loss. He was an amazing person. I am so glad that I was able to meet him.
@@chrismdieter Yes, He passed yesterday. Your video is a preserved Uncle Wayne story. Thank you for that.
I am so sorry. I would like to read his obituary when it is published if you would please respond with a link. He was such a wonderful soul. It was an honor to record Wayne and a bit of his life story.
What a beautiful Packard. I hope it's going to someone who will love her.
It went to his nephew and yes, it is cherished. ^^
Stunningly beautiful car....
I knew Wayne slightly. A wonderful man who led an interesting life. Thanks for producing and posting this video.
I am glad you liked it! I, too, only knew Wayne briefly. A very interesting man.
@@chrismdieter It's difficult to reach that age and not be interesting.
Thank you for filming Uncle Wayne and his favorite vehicle. A pleasure to see, especially now that he is gone.
He was a special person. I am so glad that I was able to meet him and caption a bit of his essence. I am sorry for your loss.
Awesome Vehicle!
What A Beautiful Example of Packard History & The Car Couldn't Have A More Proud Owner.A WINNER OF PROBABLY ANY SHOW IT HAS BEEN OR WILL BE ENTERED IN FOR SURE. Tks.for SHARING This Car & True Gentleman With Us.
Ed, thank you for your comments! I will pass them along to Wayne.
Beauty of a Packard, very cool video, thank you for sharing.
Glad you liked it. Thanks for your comment!
my family had a 1937 packard limo--we sold it in calif in the early 60ties
Wow! He's had that Packard since the year I was born.
Thank you so very much for posting this video of Uncle Wayne.
You are very welcome! Please send my regards to Wayne.
I first saw one of Wayne's Packards at the Classic Auto Show in Oakmont Village two years ago. I contacted after the show to get more details on his car and as a results, we became good friends. He is very proud of his Packards and they are very special.
Thank you for the comments. Wayne's Super 8 and the stories he tells about it are really fun. Snapshots of another era, and Wayne is an eloquent storyteller. I feel fortunate to have been allowed to capture some of it on film.
Great production Chris. Thanks a million for posting it.
Uncle Wayne loved the Oakmont Village car shows.
Fantastic car and better owner.
Thank you for the comment. Wayne is indeed an amazing guy.
I enjoyed this video. I love seeing all the details and extra "options" that are part of this amazingly beautiful automobile. Even 82 years later it looks "royal" and I am glad Wayne cared for it so well. Very fine example of history!
Thank you for commenting!
Classic Americana...she is a beauty!
Indeed, Frank! Thanks for commenting.
Great vedio of the card...
Talk about a `chic car'; or maybe it's the classy old driver. l Then there's that INCREDIBLE PACKARD ! Every Packard was a beautiful hand built work of art and they are therefore today's PRICELESS HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS. They tell us about how they used to design and build cars. None of the drab turds that you see today; Cadillacs that look like Toyotas and are painted GREY ! Wonderful old gentleman preserves this work of art and will be remembered forever as one of the conservers of this incredible automobile. Great video and congratulations to you all for producing it.
Thank you, John. I had fun making the video with Wayne. Really enjoyed his first hand account of what it was like back when Packards ruled the roads!
One of the best videos showcasing this type of Packard. My 47 has the hood scoop ventilator and boy does it work! Notice the floor heater grill. The heat comes from a hot exhaust pipe! A real heat exchanger!
Thanks for the nice compliment! I will pass it along to Wayne.
Real interesting on the heater! I remember my high school science teacher saying he had a car in the '40s, brand and model not remembered by me, which had a gas heater which he said used nearly the same amount of gas as running the car!
Hudson's famous motto was .."You have to Step Down...to Step Up...to a Hudson".
Yep, as kids in the 50's, we called them 'cliff cars'. Rode to school in a big ol' Hudson for years, I'd open the door, step in and then fall down to the floor pan about a foot further down. Smooth ride, though.!!!
Amazing car you got Mr. Wayne
My grandparents had senior Packards, too. One of the cars in which I learned to drive was a '53 Caribbean. Loved it.
Sounds like a great memory!
It is. In my grandparents' day, their children had an infamous pet goat. The children all rushed for the jump seats but the goat preferred to sit in the center of the back seat flanked by those children who weren't in the front or on the jump seats. Those were on beach days when my grandmother would drive herself (often too fast) with the menagerie.
I love it! Thanks for sharing.
This is a big, honkin' car! I saw one up close once when I was running a parking lot. It's about six feet high-at my eye-level, I can just see over it. The radiator vanes were like on contemporary Rolls Royces. A friend who owned a 30s Rolls told me there was a line in a British 30s murder mystery where the author talked about dozens of Rolls being parked at the horse races with the chauffeurs tending the cars, and at about what point the radiator vanes snapped shut-usually about 10-15 minutes after the car was shut off. A distinctive snap!
Thank you for commenting, Gene. It was a real pleasure to take a ride with Wayne and have him explain the history of his Super 8.
How wonderful is this !
Thank you for your comment!
Great video. Good story too!
Thank you, Jeff!
A really wonderful video! Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome. I am glad you liked it!
Wayne was combing his hair, so he'd look good for his groupies!
SUPERB ❤
Thank you for commenting!
Though Packard didn't last as a company, the quality of those cars still stand up to the motto : Ask the man who drives one.
it was "ask the man who owns one"
Owns not drives.
These senior Packards were built to a high standard but their prestige image took a negative hit, especially with the 1937 Packard 110 which was not a luxury car but had similar styling. In the late 1930s Cadillac became the prestige leader in North America. My favorite luxury car of that era was the very understated 1937 to 1939 Lincoln Model K.
The Junior line was very successful for Packard, it was created to make a line of more affordable cars with the same quality and sold well. In ways it saved them from a fate that took many other luxury car companies down in the depression. They were never a negative from all I've heard, instead they made the cars a little more accessible to a larger market. Packard were seen as "old money" cars, where Cadillac were more gimmicky for people with easier money (at least for the lower line cars). That GM owned and backed them, they were pretty safe. I've had the pleasure of working on a '31 V12 roadster as well as a few mid 50's Cads and quickly gained a love for them. I'd still take a prewar Packard though, my grandfather had one.
@@Oldbmwr100rs The Packard 120 was necessary for the company to survive. However, the cheaper 110 was built because a former GM executive at Packard thought it was necessary. The mistake was the styling of the 110 was too similar to the senior Packards...like making a Pontiac look like a Cadillac. Luxury cars have to be exclusive in both design and craftsmanship in order to keep their prestige image....so going too far down market is counter productive. In the 1940s and the postwar era, the public saw Packard not so much as a luxury car to compete with Cadillac but as a mid-priced car to compete with Buick and Chrysler.
I'm glad you documented this charming gentleman and his gorgeous Packard. Who owns Wayne's car now?
Thank you for commenting. I think that his nephew does. He commented below.
This grille is sooo coool!!!!
Wow, amazing car!
Thank you for commenting. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Loved it
Thanks a lot for commenting. So glad you enjoyed it!
I love it
he said his PARTNER of 63 years
And he referred to the partner as "he." And I love him all the more for it.
@@zontar3x23 Yes, Wayne is comfortable in his own skin!
Isn’t it wonderful
Yes, that is what he said, of course. What's your point?
YES HIS PARTNER....GOD BLESS HIM......
I would totally bring back Packard if I had the money
Wonderfull machine
What a beautiful car
I want a Packard senior of this period, my grandfather had one I've seen in some old pictures. These don't go cheap, I'd even settle for one of the higher end Buick's of the period, no it's not a Packard, but they were respectable back then too.
@@Jack_Russell_Brown Thanks for the tip on that.
Hard to believe that it was built during the height of the depression.
That’s what American made used to be, the heightist standard in automotive.
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I wanna go for a ride too!
WAT A COOL CAR IN D LOVE IT
Thank you for commenting!
Lindo, porreta!!!
En ualmindelig smuk bil fra de gamle dage.....
tak skal du have
Very sweet car! Wonder what the meter is just to the right of the speedo ... calibrated 55 to 150.. Any idea?
AM radio dial frequency
Love the car is it for sale i would be very interested
Mr.Wayne R.I.P.
Let me add the comment-This model/armored/ was used by Josef Stalin for all time of the WW-2 and,also, post War till his death.
Stalin drove a Soviet ZIL. Probably inspired by Packard design?
"The ZIS-115 is a Soviet built armored version of the ZIS-110 limousine, designed and built especially for Joseph Stalin by ZIL. 32 of the cars were manufactured between 1948-49. The heavily armored car's design was based on the American 1942 Packard Super Eight" - by Wikipedia.
@@gorylatko President Roosevelt gifted a presidential Packard limousine to Stalin, he had a factory created to copy the car. At least that's a story I've came across several times.
@@Oldbmwr100rs
Interesting to say the least. Never heard that before. But anything is possible I guess. Did Roosevelt not realize that Stalin was a communist pig? 🤔
Who is older, him or the Car ?
hes 94 but he looks 74
dear Santa
Nice. Very nice!
I have a 1940 I'm working on.
I had a 38 Cadillac V16. I would have rather had a Packard. I'm not going to get a 4 door next time because everyone wants to use it in their wedding.
Lol, that reminds me of someone in a motorcycle club (Norton) who had a 50's Bentley. The first was a neighbor girl who when maybe 12 made him promise to drive her in it at her wedding, and he kept his word. But family and friends always wanted it for their own or children's weddings. I don't think he minded though, he had a complete uniform for the service, and it gave him an excuse to drive the car every couple of years.
@@Oldbmwr100rs yeah I guess you got to set the ground rules. I had a couple who wanted me to drive them from the venue to the airport in LA traffic. They also asked if it had seatbelts. Next time I’ll say you can use it for pictures and the drive off, but down the block you got to switch. Not going on the freeway.
🙌🤝👍👍👍
I'm glad you liked it!
🤝
ask the man who owns one
Uncle Wayne said that often.
я даже боюсь предположить сколько сей час этот раритет стоит .
Sir how did you renew your D . Licence at 94 years
He was a very good driver. ^^
No seatbelts that’s what I say in my eh Holden
Stalin and his politbureau rode in Packards like this. Stalin liked it so much that the Super Eight was reverse engineered to make ZIS-110.
I know i was D+ math student in school - but that car aint 91yrs old
Yikes. Thanks for pointing out my error! Assuming that the model year '38 was made in '37 (did they do that back then?), then it is now 81 year old, or close to it. Nice to know that in 10 years my claim in the video will be correct - at least for one year!
Chris Dieter lol - right!
Wow, a 94 yod gay car lover. No I'm not making fun. I hope to live that long. I have a car but not a partner. 3:27 Wayne is a true Packer owner.
@ blackericdenice
Yes, Wayne is a true Packard man!
Have you seen the video about that woman who owned
(she has since passed away, at 100+ years) the gorgeous
1920's Packard?
My uncle was a Packard man (he was also a master mechanic)
In the late 1950's/early 1960's he was spending his free time
restoring a very early Packard with wooden wheels and isinglass
"curtains" (not windows). I am not sure what the original
windcreen (winshield) was made from; it was missing when he
was working on the car but I do remember the seats were
leather and there was a lot of brass on the car. Unfortunately,
he died before he finished restoring the car.
My Dad had a 1951 Packard 4-door. It was a sweet car!
@@here_we_go_again2571 Is the 100 yod lady in your video? Never mind. I think I found the video.
In his day, partner = business partner. Most likely male.
Nope@@SBCBears
@@blackericdenice Well, he and I are the same generation, pard. On the other hand, maybe you were around in the 30's and 40's and would know better than I how words were used in daily conversation at that time. I still call ice cream sandwiches "Eskimo Pies" and "queer" means odd and "gay" means happy and joyful. Presentism is a thing.
OLDEST GAY COUPLE I'VE HEARD TOGETHER WOW
Are you assuming his partner is still living?
In Iowa, when Gay marriage was legalized, two ladies in their 90s tied the knot formally. I think they had been together about 70 years. Just amazing and lovely!
This Video is from 2017. The car is from 1938. How can the car be 91 years old ? The car is 79 years old when this is filmed.
This mistake has been addressed several times in the comments.
@@chrismdieter Yes. I saw it later after I wrote my comment.
WAW WECH I COUD HAV A CAR LIK THEIS ..
My ambition is to drive this car around in Curly's ape-suit, with a big cigar.
That would be quite a sight!
@@chrismdieter for sure
Ее сен де шефин дердини чекирсен билмирем нолуб ейй ой блее бакыдакы лимузин йадымдан чыхды ейй нейди онун Ады хее йеке хала 😂😂😂😂😂
Imagine how rich this guy was at 3 years old to buy this car
Funny! I assume that you saw my mea culpa regarding the error.
@@chrismdieter yes I did, no worries just made a joke, beautiful car anyway
How can 1938 be 91 years ago unless this is 2029?
Yes, you are the second person to point out this rather embarrassing error!
The poor guys 94 leave him alone and just enjoy that Packard
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家に有る車に似ているね？・・・1936年の車にね？家のは黒だけどね？先週車検通ってきたけどね？
He didn’t mean he was with another guy lol
Actually, he did.
Of course he did. Duh.
so what?
Honestly does anyone REALLY think it wise to let a 94yr old man get behind the wheel of a vehicle that size. A lapse of concentration or a slow reaction, which is commonplace at someone his age, could see innocent people killed. Time to hand up the car keys mate.
Look where he's at... in the countryside, and he's not exactly driving like a bat out of hell, either.
He's plenty safe.
Would he drive that thing through downtown Memphis expressways at rush hour?
Probably not... but I'm 30 years younger than him and I avoid major city interstate traffic, myself.
Much like teens (and most others) texting, checking whatever on their phones, doing their makeup (yup, I've seen that many times), etc.
Wow, ageism is not cool. Do you hear from this video how sharp his wit was? Did you see any indication he was an unsafe driver?
I bet he was a safer driver than you'll ever be.
Admiral my azz! Pay close attention...he passed on in 2020, mate. Above a certain age, the DMV of each state does make senior drivers pass certain tests to retain a DL