Young Americans By David Bowie

What a beauty! It's interesting to me that Packard made a Business Coupe, and it must be rare. So it's great you were able to find one to feature.

I really appreciate your videos about the 1930s and 1940s Packards. When I was growing up my dad told me that his father (who died in 1943) had worked for Packard as a model maker. It is neat to see cars my grandfather may have modeled. After my grandfather's death, because my grandmother did not drive, and an older uncle was serving in the Navy, my dad said he learned to drive the family's 1937 Packard at age 14. My dad passed away in 1972, and we never had a chance to discuss the subject in detail. Until seeing your videos, I was under the impression that Packard was a luxury brand, and wondered how my grandparents could afford one. Seeing the low-priced Packards in your videos has answered that question. Jack Tegel

These were excellent automobiles. Very well built and reliable.

Packard offered A/C 1939-1941. It cost $274 ($4,692.12 in 2014 dollars). Cadillac installed about 300 units in 1941. The 1953 Chrysler Imperial was the first production car in twelve years to offer air conditioning, following tentative experiments by Packard in 1940 and Cadillac in 1941. In actually installing optional Airtemp air conditioning units to its Imperials in 1953, Chrysler beat Cadillac, Buick and Oldsmobile, who added it as an option later that year. The Pontiac Star Chief offered the first modern "underhood" design in 1954. By 1960, air conditioning was a common dealer option and was installed in 20 percent of all automobiles on American roads. Airtemp was more sophisticated and efficient than the complicated rival air conditioners of 1953. It recirculated, rather than merely cooled, the air inside the vehicle, and it was also the highest capacity unit available on an automobile. It was also simple to operate, with a single switch on the dashboard marked with low, medium, and high positions, which the driver selected as desired. The system was capable of cooling a Chrysler from 120 degrees to 85 degrees in about two minutes, and of completely eliminating humidity, dust, pollen and tobacco smoke at the same time. Since it relied on fresh air, and drew in sixty percent more of it than any contemporary system, Airtemp avoided the staleness associated with automotive air conditioning at the time. It was silent and unobtrusive. Instead of plastic tubes mounted on the package shelf as on GM and on other cars, small ducts directed cool air toward the ceiling of the car where it filtered down around the passengers instead of blowing directly on them, a feature that modern cars have lost. The 1954 Nash Ambassador was the first American automobile to have a front-end, fully integrated heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system. Nash-Kelvinator corporation used its experience in refrigeration to introduce the automobile industry's first compact and affordable, single-unit heating and air conditioning system as an option on Nash models. This was the first A/C system with controls on the dash and a compressor with an electric clutch. At $345 it was the lowest cost A/C on the market. Most competing systems used an evaporator in the car's trunk to deliver cold air through rear parcel shelf vents. In 1954 General Motors offered air conditioning on Pontiacs with a straight-eight engine. In 1964 Cadillac offered "Comfort Control", a completely automatic heating and cooling system set by dial thermostat. In 1960 20% of all cars in the U.S. had air-conditioning. By 1969 54% of all cars in the U.S. had air-conditioning.

Thanks for this. My neighbor (RIP Harry) had a ‘37 120 business coupe with a beautifully smooth straight 8 that I drove a few times back the 90s. Operating the ‘3 on the tree’ was an experience though!

Great looking car. Any Packard of that era is a work of art.

I have a friend who owned a '41 Packard 110 business coupe. I rode in it several times. Very smooth. WYR #1: 1941 Buick. WYR #2: 1941 Packard 110. I recall my parents had friends and the husband was an antique car nut long before it became fashionable! In the late sixties he showed up in a 1933 Packard straight eight roadster with a rumble seat. How cool! I got to ride in the rumble seat. I remember how smooth and powerful the car was.

37 115C would be first All Packards will work for me 😉❤️❤️ Damn fine restoration on that beautiful car 😍 ... Great Episode ... Happy Motoring ✌️🤠

It is an exquisite looking automobile! I can imagine it would be a great drive! I'd definitely pick this both times! 😎

Gorgeous car!

WYR 1: All of them. WYR 2: All of them. I love old Packards.

The attention to detail and elegance of almost any Packard never fails to amaze . I love the roof line of the 41 but I’ll take any of them .

Another winner, Jay! Too bad all those patrician Packard fans got their noses out of joint when Packard started producing lower priced cars in order to survive the depression. They should have been happy that Packard DID survive. If those people weren't all dead now, I'd give em a piece of my mind! These Business Coupes provided a classy way for traveling salespeople to carry samples and stock. If you ever get a '54 Packard, you'll find a drawer for a glove box. The under-hood lamp with an on/off switch is a thoughtful touch, true luxury even if you're working on the engine. WYR: 1. Buick for sentimental reasons 2. The 37

Thanks to Canton Classic Auto Museum for allowing you the deep access 👍 I like the new grille/ front end treatment, a far more 'modern' look. The bumper is awesome especially coupled with the valance panel closing the body-bumper gap. I also like the near-equal size front and rear fenders which balances out the look better. Inside, the dash is also a more modern touch, sleeker than round instruments. The factory compass is a really nice touch. The evolution of 'art deco' into 'streamline' styling is evident in the parallel stepped-line trim motif. The difference in the door handles is that only one locks from the outside. Not sure this would be a 'business coupe' as those almost always had no divider between cabin and trunk. This is an elegant and classy car, especially for a base model! And WYR has to be Packard and the 41 110, just a beautiful car all-around.

Thanks for all amazing car videos this year. Happy New Year Jay! 🌠

That '41 Packard is one sweet car!❤ Thank you for sharing 👍😊

Hi Jay!: Must have been nice, in the day, to enjoy your bowl of Cheeri Oats, hop into your Packard 110 and head off for work!! What a NICE car! And as you pointed out, this was the CHEAP Packard! Major quality, GOOD looks, Smoothness and Reliability! What else could you want? And the six produced a hundred horsepower! Not a barn burner, but the Ford V-8 produced around the same horsepower, maybe a little less. I just LOVE coupes! So sporty! That car would be one I would own If I had the means and the storage area for one! NICE! WYR's this time SUPER Easy PACKARD for both! Would take ANY of the #2 Packards!! They are ALL NICE! Can you imagine a modern day premium brand putting out a QUALITY car for $19,000? NO WAY they would or could do it!

That looks superb. What a piece of art.

Nice Packard! You noted the ignition coil mounting, which is unusual, but it also features an armoured cable, which is an anti theft device to prevent hot wiring. Note also that the bit between steering wheel and box is the steering column. A rack is a component of a rack and pinion steering system. Cheers.

Thats quite spectacular. All the detail. And this car in particular is extremely nice ! 👌 Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿

Thanks Jay, Another fine video.

Lovely Packard, complements the big Packards well like the series 40/Special complements Buick. Never bought the theory that the 110-120 cheapened the Packard brand. this car is as fine as the expensive Packards would love to own one of these as a collector car for the.First pick the second pick 39 Packard 115-C.

Wow! That's one of the most pristine cars I've seen yet on this channel. I was amazed how aesthetically pleasing this car is for its price at the time. It must've been one of the best value propositions of '41. I think even my steelworker grandpa could've afforded one. This car is the antithesis of the drab and cheap looking Cadillac Cimarrons of the 80s, which are easily mistaken for Chevys.

Not 1 of my favorite years for Packards, but the paint, fit & finish are excellent 👌!

This Business Coupe may be the basement entry level Packard, but first and foremost it is a Packard. Seeing a 41-42 can sometimes evoke the Russian copy ZIS which extended this design into the 50's. It's very ironic that because Packard smartly survived the Depression by offering less expensive models which in turn diluted the brand which later destroyed it's leading legendary luxury status. Druthers: 41 Packard.

You’re hilarious, there is nothing petite about this Packard. My first pick is the Buick, second Packard. I did know the song. 👍☺️

WYR1: Packard, for sure, but Graham Hollywood and Hupp Skylark, both using the body dies from the 810/812 Cord were competitive in the mid-price range as well, vanishingly few built and vanishingly few survivors among those two marques. A Hudson Commodore Six or a Studebaker President might also be attractive alternatives. WYR2: I like the '41, bit the '37 looks pretty sharp as well.

What can I say? Just a work of body styling art. Just does not get any better at any price. 😊

Beautiful car

Fabulous car. Thanks for showing. Your videos are always fun and informative!

OK. I'm not going to get picky-yun here. All three models are just absolutely the best. So my pick would be all three, because their trim makes them. If I had to choose one, it would be the '41. Thank Jay.

8:12 Note the delete plug for the outboard bumper over-rider.

The Packard 110 business Coupe for 1939,1940, and 1941 are the best looking Packards ever. The base shape was nothing special but the art deco details and interior details were a cut above.

Another super video!

I loved this video. What a beautiful car. WYR #1 Packard by far, #2 1939 Packard Six. The front of the '41 reminds me of a '39 Lasalle so I like the '39 a little better. But WYR #2 is sort of like asking which $100 bill I like better. Nice job on the pedal box and under hood lighting!

Another wonderful car Jay thank you. Packards in my opinion were not only beautiful but so well built, real quality not tacky chrome trinkets just take the gas filler door im sure 2 bolts would have been fine for attaching it but Packard used 3 and they were chrome finished at that I’m sure driving one of these reflects the build quality. For the wyr it’s got to be all Packard so the 41 in the first choice and the 39 in the second choice just so I could cruise with the whole family in style

What a pretty and practical car. It seems like a good value. I would have bought one.

Well done video with the Packard advertisement too, for a beauty of a car. . . :>/

Outstanding as always! I was a little concerned with the welding near the data plate. Regardless, stunning example of a Packard. WYR - first one, the Packard, second choice would the 1937. Thank you ~ Chuck

The 39! All day long.

Packard, packed with styke.

@16:47 - I bet that's exactly how it looked driving down the road in 1941! A car in front of the Packard from 1929 with a car from 1926 on the left hand side with a mid 1930's fire truck on the far right with a few 1930's cars driving through an intersection infront of the 1929 and 1926 cars.

Jay I'm in love with the 110 it's the most beautiful car I've ever seen you point out the details so good thanks Jay

The first TV station to have regular daily broadcasts was WNBT TV ch.4 on July 1, 1941 later renamed WNBC TV. 😊

What a beauty

Just more proof of how today's prices for everything is so out of whack. The top-of-the-line Packard sold for the equivalent of $120K, which these days is essentially the starting point for 'ultra' luxury vehicles. Even more dramatic is the fact Packard would have competed with Rolls Royces, and the equivalent Rolls Royce today would be at least $400K, or nearly four times what it would have been in 1941 reverse-adjusted for inflation.

Neat. Those a/c units took up half the trunk!

For WYR, it would be the Packard first scenario, the '37 Packard the second scenario. I really like this car. Those front and rear bumper aprons add a nice touch. Nothing loud and gaudy about the trim. It's a curiosity why there are two different door handles,,, maybe one of them was replaced at some point? Even though it's a business coupe, I wonder if a rear seat was an option? It almost looks like there's enough room.

I can’t believe I could have bought a Packard for under $20k back then. Wow!

The 1941Buick and the 1941 Packard.

These had to be a chore to keep waxed! Happy New Years Jay!

The 39 is cooler sort of ! Yep 39 ! Again, can I have mine in dark blue pls Jay ! Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿

I like the Buick.

I would absolutely choose the ‘41 Packard, make mine the business coupe please.

Jay, I always enjoy your posting and you do them very well and informing us. My only concern is the clove box camera fitting part, as a car enthusiast seeing in past, trying to fit the camera and feel that you can damage and or harm the camera or the patina of the car, please skip that part.

Hi jay , happy new year ! I’m dealing on a 1950 Packard , $2000 canadian , been parked for almost 50 years . Rust free body , engine , well that is the reason it was parked long time ago . Gonna see if i can get it cheeper . It is going to need a lot of $$ and work , but i’m thinking lol

By 41 Packard styling was a year or three out of date - the vertical grille was out, and cars were empasizing width, and were generally a little lower and probably even a trifle more bulbous than Packard (though it too was much more so than the prior generation). Still, if you liked the Classic look, Packard provided that in spades. In reality the Clipper was styling sensation and put everything else to shame. Too bad its run was so abbreviated, though I still think the postwar Clipper derivation was a sharp looking sedan - until the plug ugly pregant elephant rolled out. The hood/grille profile is the classic Packard cusp - used forever and even seen in a rather bastardized form on the 58's. The front doos side trim with the downward triangular termination dates back to LeBaron when it was a custom body shop. Packard saw the trim, liked it, asked if they could use it, and either Dietrich or Hibbard said they could use it, no charge. Became as much of a trademark as the cusp and the red hex. Being a business coupe this does in effect have a second trunk - that's where you put the sample cases. Notice also - 1941 - the early advent of the (automobile deployed) wonder material, 'plastic' - at that time, something of a prestige (certainly modern) item. WYR: 1) Buick, but which one do I get? No matter really, they were all 8s. Now if choice had been the 120, then Packard. 2) the 1941, for its slightly 'custom' look.

Wow ! Is that the bigger glove box we've seen ? Camera and lunch in this one...CFNZ

This car, the 6 cylinder 110/115, should never have been sold and badged as a Packard. It destroyed Packard's image of total luxury and made Packard decide to become mainly a producer of mass-produced medium-priced cars. They should have given it a different name. Maybe a revived Winton? Remember, Mr. Winton, (I forget his first name), told James Ward Packard, "If you think you can make a better car, then try". Packard did indeed make a better car, so calling this model Winton and giving it a different grille would have been a smart move.

"Business Coupes" were the company cars of that era. Salesmen Kept their sample cases in the back seat. A Packard Business Coupe would most likely be reserved for senior company officials; not the sales force!

15:11 Does the driver's door not have an exterior lock?

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41 Packard for both

Any Packard will do for me.

Yes Economical for the time ,Guess 41 Buick,110

You know, that series is credited with the death of Packard. High level model stepping into the mid/low level price class...turned out to not be a good idea, for the long term...but were great cars. In the eyes of the buying public, it cheapened the rest of the line considerably. The other 2 Ps when down with their class in tact... Not like Packard in the late 50's. 40 Dash 41 Buick (if Buick 8!) 39 Packard dang it, song too easy & I'm too slow...

1941 Packard / 1937 Packard

Why no back seat? was it a businessman's coupe?

The song is Petite' by the band La Petite', wasn't easy due to the petite sample, you and I have both used up our monthly allotment of usage of the word petite, that's no petite feat.....

Of course I like all Packards of the early years. I believe---as a designer--- that altho the '41 is a wonderful car....that the '39 and '40 have a more elegant body line, a smoother connection between the top and the lower body in the rear. I wonder why? We could know if the designer or even draftsman of that age were alive but it is too late to know the reasons for this little bit of "ungainly" which we also saw in the post war Packards. I once spent a week on Boca Grande Island (before the causeway brought in the riff-raff) of the widow of Packard's president (Mrs. Joy) and she was (rightly) bursting with Pride about her husband ( who she announced several times "...brought Packard to Detroit.......". ) She was a gracious hostess except for a few Jew-baiting remarks , it was the 1950's . Maybe that was an old Grosse Pointe habit.

In '56 Packard got peckered by Studabaker.

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What would be the modern equivalent A Mercedes CLK or E class coupe. An Aston Martin ?

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Packard - 41

It looks like the passenger side door handle has a key lock in it and the driver side doesn’t. Seems backward.

I need to by me a Packard

Hi Jay. Do you do foreign cars too ! No fvcken ferraris ! Im thinking of very weird or technical cars ! Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿

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First choice Pa ckard, .Ford,Buick was a babbit pounder.

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