When having lunch with my friend Peter at Park Burger, located on Denver's Pearl Street, a while back, I noticed the Packard in the photograph above in the parking lot of a car repair shop directly across the street. Packard was a luxury car brand that existed from 1899 to 1958. Throughout the years, many of the models were quite luxurious and impressive looking, but after World War II the company struggled to compete with the Big Three (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler) and after merging with Studebaker in 1953, the brand was phased out. The car in that photograph might or might not be a 1941 Packard sedan, one of which I found for sale on the internet for $20,000. I myself am not a car person, and personally, I am not fond of that particular model, but someone with a bit of car repair experience could probably buy that car for a song, put in a little elbow grease, and sell it for a big profit. Anyone interested? I remember one of my cousin's in-laws had a model similar to the one in the photo, which was in excellent condition, although still ugly. He and one of my cousins, who also collected old cars, would sometimes bring them to family gatherings. My cousin used his classic Cadillac for special family events and weddings and left it in the garage the rest of the time. I sure hope he paid a lot less than 20K for it.
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