“I’ve had that since 1974. It came from Tuscon, Arizona. It took us 15 years to restore it when I was in the Air Force, so I’ve been showing it for 20 years,” he said. That particular Packard has won about 10 first in class prizes at other shows, he said.
“It’s the last year the Packard made (that model.) They only made 1,189 so it’s very rare. It’s a good road car, we’ve driven it to the east coast three times,” he said.
“You’ve got to watch people because of the brakes. The brakes are good, just not as good as on newer cars,” he said.
“I was kind of amazed I’d win something like that with a ‘33 Chevy,” he said. “That was my grandfather’s Chevy. He bought it brand new in 1933, so it’s been in the family all these years.”
Justin Spencer of Oxford, a newcomer to the parade, said “Oh, it was big-time fun. I was pleasantly surprised at how big at was.” He drove in a 1978 Corvette.
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