Margaret Dunning, 101, (in photo above) to show her 1930 Packard Roadster at the Concours d’Elegance of America – both driver and car looking good and running fine…
David Packard would be proud of Ms. Dunning of Plymouth, Michigan, who will exhibit one of his great touring cars later this month. The prestigious event is being held this year in her hometown.
“I love this car, I really do,” she was quoted as saying in the New York Times Automobiles Section on Sunday, July 10. Ms. Dunning has owned the Packard since 1949. It has been painstakingly restored and maintained; her mechanic has a lot of experience – he’s 90. But she keeps her hand in, too, still changing the oil herself.
A collector and car enthusiast, Ms. Dunning belongs to car clubs including the Michigan Region Classic Car Club of America. Her father taught her to drive in a Model T at the age of 12; Henry Ford himself was a neighbor and a friend. She has had a love of cars ever since and has owned numerous antique and classic cars over the years and often drives to car meets. She presently has a 1931 Ford Model A, a 1966 Cadillac DeVille, a 1975 Cadillac Eldorado convertible; for everyday use she drives a 2003 DeVille that she plans to replace soon but hasn’t decided on her next vehicle yet.
Click to read the story of Ms. Dunning’s life and love of automobiles and view slideshow and video.
Photo credit: Fabrizio Costantini for The New York Times
David Packard would be proud of Ms. Dunning of Plymouth, Michigan, who will exhibit one of his great touring cars later this month. The prestigious event is being held this year in her hometown.
“I love this car, I really do,” she was quoted as saying in the New York Times Automobiles Section on Sunday, July 10. Ms. Dunning has owned the Packard since 1949. It has been painstakingly restored and maintained; her mechanic has a lot of experience – he’s 90. But she keeps her hand in, too, still changing the oil herself.
A collector and car enthusiast, Ms. Dunning belongs to car clubs including the Michigan Region Classic Car Club of America. Her father taught her to drive in a Model T at the age of 12; Henry Ford himself was a neighbor and a friend. She has had a love of cars ever since and has owned numerous antique and classic cars over the years and often drives to car meets. She presently has a 1931 Ford Model A, a 1966 Cadillac DeVille, a 1975 Cadillac Eldorado convertible; for everyday use she drives a 2003 DeVille that she plans to replace soon but hasn’t decided on her next vehicle yet.
Click to read the story of Ms. Dunning’s life and love of automobiles and view slideshow and video.
Photo credit: Fabrizio Costantini for The New York Times
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