The Packards of the early 1930’s were meant for those who managed not to lose all of their money in the stock market. Rather than dumb down and decontent its offerings to the adapt to the declining wealth of the general public, Packard kept offering outrageous luxury even when eating hard tack and burning cow […]
If you’re going to be a time-machine building physicist, we figured, why not drive a car with some style? No, not the time machine itself; nevermind that now, nevermind that now. Doc Brown’s personal ride in the 1950s was a 1948 Packard Custom 8 Victoria Convertible. Turns out those are hard to find, as just […]
Remember last week when I asked if the 3-wheeled Berkeley was too weird? Yeah was nothing. This next beast makes the Berkeley seem as common as a Toyota Prius in hindsight. And instead of listing it as a make-model of car with such-&-such engine, this thing is more like an engine wrapped in some polished […]
Time for our weekly episode of Coffee Brake, where the coffee tastes like asbestos and the brakes are short pressed. Today, we hand the keys over to DT regular contributor K2 Mystery Car who sent us an idea, a few pictures, and words to go with it — here it is: (K2 Mystery Car) […]
The Super 8 film format was released in the 1960s by Eastman Kodak as a higher definition option for home movie cameras. Today you can see jittery movies at Super 8 geekfests or an occasional glimpse in a movie trying to capture the past. The Super 8 name however had already been used, on a […]
The Daily Turismo tips inbox is constantly flooded with excellent links for low mile, little old lady owned classics offered for discount prices. Occasionally the unusual custom is submitted that looks like it was designed by a madman who keeps little old ladies locked in his attic, but we try to limit those posts…well…normally we […]
In 1949 the Packard Motorcar Company celebrated its 50th year of building sleek cars, but by 1957 the Packard name was gone for good. In 1950 Packard entered 7 models in the 1st Carrera Panamericana road race held in Mexico from 1950-1954. In the same year this 1950 Packard Eight 2-Door “Bathtub” left the assembly […]