51 Part 2: Old Cars Magazine—October 15, 2024 THE MYSTERIOUS PACKARD MONTE CARLO The last time I wrote about our 1949 Packard Monte Carlo in Old Cars was back in early 2019 – over 5 years ago. Well… much has happened to all of us since then, and it’s time to get back on track. In introducing this article I feel a bit like Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” coming back on air after a 10-year hiatus. His opening line on his first show was… ”It’s great to be back….now where was I?” That opening line of his is exactly how I feel in sharing the second part of the Monte Carlo story with you today. Who Doesn’t Like A Good Mystery? Of late, I’ve enjoyed the works of Agatha Christie and her master sleuth Hercule Poirot. And I guess in a small way we’ve had our share of mysteries and intrigue in researching some of the conundrums we have here – and by “conundrums” I mean “cars.” We’re surrounded by them here at Undiscovered Classics. In the past, we’ve gotten to the bottom of many of the mysteries that have faced us – some large… some small. Here are some examples: Solving the riddle of a car we called the “Californian” took us more than 10 years – a car whose true history is far more interesting than anything we could conjure up (see 1955 LeGene for the full story on our Undiscovered Classics Website). The family that built six of these cars contacted us after a lucky appearance on Ray Evernham’s “AmeriCarna” on the Speed Channel – Thanks, Ray! 1955 Californian—Now Identified as the “LeGene Special” Wins Award at the 2014 Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance
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