1927 Packard unearthed from historic Philadelphia building

FoxNews.com/auto ^ | Feb 16, 2019 | Gary Gastelu | Fox News

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When car restorer Matt Murray got a call from his friends at an estate sale company asking for help pulling an old vehicle out of a property that was being cleared out for redevelopment, the Iron Trap Garage YouTube show host never expected the unique trip into history he was about to take.

It wasn’t just any car, but a 1927 Packard Six that had been stored in an abandoned 18th-century factory in the Germantown section of Philadelphia since the 1970s, and not driven for over 60 years.

The building was part of the campus for Golaski Laboratories, a company started by a textile manufacturer named Walter Golaski who’d transitioned his business to producing artificial Dacron arteries in the 1950s.

Golaski died in 1996 at age 83, but his son, Johnpaul, says he thinks his father bought the car in the 1940 and mostly used it for trips to visit his mom in Connecticut before its registration expired in 1956.

After she later moved to Philadelphia, he left the car at her house until her death in the 1970s, when he put it in the factory.

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Stock photo

1927 Packard 6-Cylinder Touring Sedan

[mad_as_he$$]

I guess I will have to look in other places rather than just barns!

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Packard

Packard was an American luxury automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last Detroit-built Packard in 1956, when they built the Packard Predictor, their last concept car.

Packard bought Studebaker in 1953 and formed the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. The 1957 and 1958 Packards were actually badge engineered Studebakers, built in South Bend.

Contents

1 History
1.1 1899–1905
1.2 1906–1930
1.3 1931–1936
1.4 1937–1941
1.5 1942–1945
1.6 1946–1956

2 Studebaker-Packard Corporation
2.1 1957–1958
2.2 Concept Packards
2.2.1 Astral
2.3 The end
2.4 Aborted revival

3 Packard engines
3.1 Automobile
3.2 Other Packard engines
4 Packard automobile models
5 Packard show cars
6 Packard tradenames
7 Advertisements
8 Legacy
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard

[SaveFerris]

So THAT’s where I parked it!

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1927 Packard Eight Phaeton

[dainbramaged]

Packards were the dominant luxury vehicle in the first half of the twentieth century.
Their slogan was: "Ask the man who owns one".

[donozark]

“Ask the man who owns one.”

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Fay Wray with 1927 Packard

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1933 Packard Super Eight Model 1004

[Fiddlstix]

The Famous Packard V-16

The Packard V-16 Engine

Also Called The "Twin Six"

One Of My All Time Favorites

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[thecodont]

So beautiful.

I have always wondered what it would be like to ride in one of those cars.

[laplata]

Beautiful car. You must also subscribe to Shorpy.

[dakine]

Love all your vehicle posts.. If you find a 1942 Chrysler, let me know...

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The top 10 reasons why Packard died

by Thom Taylor / July 23, 2018

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/07/23/10-reasons-why-packard-died

[Cowboy Bob]

It has suicide doors! 😱

[laplata]

Google images has a lot of photos.

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1942 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER CONVERTIBLE