Danville resident Peter Hypnar bought his 50th-anniversary-edition 1949 Packard on impulse in September 2014. “I was taking the kids to dinner one night in Danville when I saw the car on San Ramon ...
Things were looking up for Packard in 1949. Enjoying the postwar car sales boom (their highest sales volume years were just ahead) and boasting a then-sleek, art deco lineup (never mind that it would ...