This very nice ‘56 Ford Club Sedan with a very big Airstream trailer in tow was filmed at the Fleetwood Country Cruize in London, Ontario Canada. Don’t try that with a modern car, because it will likely cause suspension and drive train problems. Old school rules. Back then you could even put your car to work and let it earn its owns keep. Now with modern cars we need pickup trucks or SUV’s to even get any utility, i think the only real modern car that could handle a load the best would be the Ford Crown Victoria/ Mercury Grand Marquis/ Lincoln Town Car, basically the panther platform is about as strong as it gets with modern cars, since it still use’s the body on frame design, and basic V8 rear wheel drive layout, the same vary layout every “good full size pickup truck” uses,

This was filmed Saturday June 7, 2009 at the Fleetwood Country Cruize in London, Ontario Canada.
Overall, a very rare car, and in quite fine shape. By the time this car was built Studebaker and Packard were out of money, and basically the car was just changed by grafting on fins and head light pods, and other minor body mods to give it a new look. The company was out of cash and was heading for is own demise. Packard was known as one of “Three P’s” of American motordom royalty which were: Pierce-Arrow and Peerless, and of course Packard. They would be the last of the three to die.

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Farrah Fawcett and the 1970 Chevrolet Corvette

When we heard last night that TV icon Farrah Fawcett was failing, we thought it might be a sad day at TCC HQ. After all, our first memories of the Mustang II came on episodes of Charlie’s Angels–and many years later, the Mustang II was one of the first cars in our driveway. Thirty years of acting, a Bionic husband and a burning bed later, Farrah Fawcett’s death from cancer at 62 gives us all a little reminder of our own timestamps, and shows even beauty doesn’t last forever.

Farrah’s Corvette might–and here’s where we need your help. Googling around, we found the “Weblog of Miss-Lou Motor Mafia,” a fantastically named diary about classics. Miss-Lou found out last year that Farrah’s onetime “Foxy ‘Vette” had been on eBay in the early 2000s. Created by George Barris–yep, that Barris–the Foxy ‘Vette wears green metallic paint, turbo fan mag wheels, and a fur interior fitted with a rotary phone, a black and white TV, and a CB radio. When it was listed on eBay it had 50,800 miles on the clock, and the hand lettering on the side was seemingly intact. Well maintained, the owner reported it needed some touch-ups.

We want to find this car. Help us track it down, and we’ll find some way to reward you. Meanwhile, here’s Farrah at her best.

Farrah Fawcett