About 10 or so years ago, I was at a concours d’elegance that always had a Packard category. I stopped to admire a beautiful 1950 Packard convertible. The white-haired guy sitting by it in a lawn chair said he had bought it new off the showroom floor in 1950.
I saw a 1949 Packard at a car show a while back. It was a Custom Eight Touring sedan. Showroom condition. The owner was dressed in a suit, tie, hat and shoes from 1949.