Old Cars Weekly

MAD ABOUT YOU!

Jon Gehrke has a hard time staying mad at his Packard.

He admits that, frankly, his gorgeous 1941 One-Ten coupe was a pain in the neck to restore. It took a lot longer than he had hoped, cost more than he had planned and, even after the paint dried, getting it to run right has been an ongoing battle.

But boy, is it nice! And Gehrke knows it.

“All my whining aside, I’m fortunate to have this car. I’m fortunate to have great friends that will work on it no matter what. It’s great to get out and drive and to look at. It’s a great-looking car. And it is a Packard, and when you crawl under it you see the differences in how these were built.”

Gehrke knows he can blame most of the

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