Girls And Cars
farmerart
I exhibited my 1948 Packard Custom Eight at an auto show today. There were two older cars than mine at this show - a mid-1920s Model T and a late 1930s LaSalle. All the rest were from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s; with 1960s muscle cars being the most popular variety in the show. What really interested me was the way women of different ages interacted with the cars on display.
Virtually all of the over 50 crowd of women gravitated to the 1960s and 1970s cars. I would imagine many of those ladies gave it up regularly in cars like that. Not many women were very interested in the 1950s cars with all those over-the-top fins and ornaments. Young women seemed to be attracted to the three oldest cars in the show, especially the LaSalle and my Packard.
I was delighted to show off my beauty to these young hotties, to let them sit in it and enjoy the roominess and the plush seating and fabric. Talk about a chick magnet!
Apart from not winning 'Best In Show' with my Packard restoration the biggest downer of the day was the fact that ALL those young hotties attracted to my car insisted on calling me 'Sir' or 'Mister'.
Sheesh!.......pissed me off severely.
Virtually all of the over 50 crowd of women gravitated to the 1960s and 1970s cars. I would imagine many of those ladies gave it up regularly in cars like that. Not many women were very interested in the 1950s cars with all those over-the-top fins and ornaments. Young women seemed to be attracted to the three oldest cars in the show, especially the LaSalle and my Packard.
I was delighted to show off my beauty to these young hotties, to let them sit in it and enjoy the roominess and the plush seating and fabric. Talk about a chick magnet!
Apart from not winning 'Best In Show' with my Packard restoration the biggest downer of the day was the fact that ALL those young hotties attracted to my car insisted on calling me 'Sir' or 'Mister'.
Sheesh!.......pissed me off severely.
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And I know exactly what what you mean about young ladies calling you sir! I am so not ready for that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAuu3xOs…
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Cruisin' Colby Car Show -- Everett, WA May 26, 2014
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Greenwood Car Show -- Seattle (Greenwood), WA June 28, 2014
http://www.greenwoodcarshow.com/
And if that's not enough, there's the fairly new Le May Car Museum in Tacoma (35 mi. south of Seattle), also with lots of great cars on display.
http://www.lemaymuseum.org/
I see more old, restored cars here on a regular basis than I ever did when I lived in L.A.
"My Pappy said son you gone drive me to drinking if you don't stop driving that Hot, Rod, Lincoln."
I have owned two Fairlady Z cars. A 69/70 and a 73. Both were so called magnets for the hotties. The best magnet in my memory, however, was my young son.
This Packard was my grandpa's car. The car was in storage (sort of) for about four decades when I got my hands on it. I didn't rush the restoration - took me almost 20 years!
However, all the labour in the restoration is mine and all replacement parts are stock.
I really liked the 59 Chevy Impala. That's very much like the first car I can remember from my childhood. M
Club_Goer has a '48 Packard pic among the group of photos.
That pic is remarkably similar in appearance to my grandpa's old Packard that I restored. Grandpa's car is a the 2 door Club Sedan model (no external sun visor). The paint job on my restoration is new and gleams a most magnificent black colour.
Gotta tell ya, though, motorhead........I hate that '59 Impala - those fins?.....ugh!