This antique Packard belongs to Steve, a neighbor of mine. It reminds me of a story my Mom used to tell. When she was a girl, probably a young teen, she was taught to drive a car in order to help on the farm. He father instructed her how to pull hay up into the mow with it. I think it was a Maxwell. Cars in the 1920’s, the era this car is from, were often put to work on the farm. I’ve heard stories (I can’t remember where) of a rear tire being removed from an old car and a belt somehow put on to drive a saw. Steve found an original engine for this car in another old Packard that had been used as a tractor. Much of the interior work on this car is leather. Steve pointed out that many parts were hand-made, not mass-produced in that era.
