{"id":6471,"date":"2013-08-05T17:50:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T00:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/?p=6471"},"modified":"2013-10-10T14:15:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T21:15:54","slug":"the-most-beautiful-car-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/05\/the-most-beautiful-car-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Beautiful Car in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My dad has had his 1951 Packard 250 Convertible with Ultramatic transmission since 1986. It was an amazing luxury car then and it has only gotten more spectacular as the years pass by.<\/p>\n<p>As times change, he is selling the car. The last few years, it has mostly sat in a garage waiting for him to come up to New Jersey, something he doesn&#8217;t do as often as he used to. So, here it goes, back into the universe. You can find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hemmings.com\/classifieds\/carsforsale\/packard\/250\/1588313.html\">the most beautiful car in the world for sale on Hemmings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Packard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Packard-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Packard-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Packard-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Packard-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Packard-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Packard.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349078-700-0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349078-700-0-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349078-700-0-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349078-700-0-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349078-700-0-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349078-700-0-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349078-700-0.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349077-700-0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349077-700-0-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349077-700-0-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349077-700-0-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349077-700-0-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349077-700-0-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349077-700-0.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349076-700-0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349076-700-0-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349076-700-0-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349076-700-0-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349076-700-0-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349076-700-0-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349076-700-0.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349075-700-0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349075-700-0-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349075-700-0-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349075-700-0-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349075-700-0-399x600.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349075-700-0-33x50.jpg 33w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349075-700-0.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349073-700-0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349073-700-0-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349073-700-0-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349073-700-0-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349073-700-0-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349073-700-0-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/17349073-700-0.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Hemmings listing reads like so:<br \/>\n<strong>1951 Packard 250 Convertible<\/strong><br \/>\nLocation: Hackettstown, New Jersey 07840<br \/>\nMileage: 36000<br \/>\nTrans: Auto<br \/>\nCondition: Excellent<br \/>\nExterior: Packard Cream (yellow)<br \/>\nInterior: Red<br \/>\nDescription: Original 1951 Packard 250 Convertible<\/p>\n<p>Solid car, Excellent condition, Packard Cream (pale yellow) with Red interior, All Power, Ultramatic, Boot and Tonnheau Cover, Radials<br \/>\nSecond owner (purchased and restored in 1986)<br \/>\nVoted Most Beautiful Car of 1951<br \/>\nPrice: $32,000  <\/p>\n<p>Melissa took this little Vine.co video of Dad driving the car in August 2013<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6471-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dad-driving-the-Packard-for-about-the-last-time-8-13.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dad-driving-the-Packard-for-about-the-last-time-8-13.mp4\">http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dad-driving-the-Packard-for-about-the-last-time-8-13.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dad has had his 1951 Packard 250 Convertible with Ultramatic transmission since 1986. It was an amazing luxury car then and it has only gotten more spectacular as the years pass by. As times change, he is selling the car. The last few years, it has mostly sat in a garage waiting for him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6478,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions\/6478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}