1908 Packard Model 30 with Engine Start Up and We Take a Ride on My Car Story with Lou Costabile

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On "My Car Story" we're in West Suburbs of Chicago on 7-25-15.
We're looking at a 1908 Packard Model 30.
The car's Owner is Herb Lederer. He’s had the car since 1985. He shares details of the cars history, how to start the car, and we take a ride.
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[@here_we_go_again2571]

*What a marvelous car!* Thank you Herb Lederer! Thank you Lou!

[@loucostabile]

HI Here_We_Go_Again2, Happy to read you appreciate this "marvelous car!" :-) You're welcome. Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@lanncopeland8127]

I love how you cut the roundabout! Much easier than shifting. What a glorious area to live in. Beautiful homes and properties The Packard deserves to live there! Nice video Lou. Thanks.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Lann Copeland, Thank you for the kind words on the video, and it's appreciated. You're welcome, Lou

[@ralilama42]

It's a beautiful Automobile...thank you for preserving it!!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Rolland Ballard, Glad you enjoyed this one :-) Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou

[@senorkaboom]

Great car and I love the sound of it. The exhaust and the transmission gears whining. I can understand keeping it original, but a paint job would be nice.

[@loucostabile]

So many things learned when starting a car like this, really interesting. Thanks for viewing and commenting, Lou

[@alejandrogrillet931]

GREETING, from Venezuela, I can not find words that describe the experience you have given us to ride this MARVELOUS Automobile. It was like Disneyland or Better. I love that almost everything is original and still running smoothly. Mr, Lou, SUPER THANK you for showing this Magnificent work of art.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Alejandro, Happy to read you enjoy this ride in this wonderful Packard :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou

[@opera93]

Thanks, best to all,.....My ex son In Law,is from CARACAS, & large Family... Hope,and Thoughts to All our Friends : Beat it TIA ( Aunt *& Friends, in CAracas).......Best, of all, two of My Grandchildren spent time in. End

[@dlwatib]

Nice that your kids got to go along for the ride and enjoy a piece of American automotive history.

[@loucostabile]

Hi dlwatib, I try to bring my son to as many "car adventures" as I can :-) Agree, it is nice, Lou

[@stuartrose9456]

Thankyou so much for the video, she's amazing for the day. You must be so proud of her Herb.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Stuart, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and you're welcome. Good news! Did you see this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYqXm2yOm5l5ba8 I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@yahatinda]

Torque monster...wonderful sound...my friends father was "The Last Packard Man" his son Joey Troise wrote great essay about him, Joe is an auto appraiser in CA.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Ray, Happy to read this car brings back memories of Joey's Father :-) Lou

[@wittemanadrian]

Same owner as the mercer...both are amazing but I like the low rpm packard!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Witteman, Happy to read you enjoy this car, Lou

[@chloescars1]

Fabulous car!

[@loucostabile]

Happy to read you enjoy this "Fabulous car!" :-)

[@johnnymelendez4836]

Awesome piece of auto history Great job Mr. Lou👌 He resembles the great comedian Harvey Korman may he R.I.P.. THAT WAS A DREAM RIDE AT ANY SPEED. GOD BLESS YOU ALL😇

[@loucostabile]

Hi johnny Melendez, Glad you're along for this ride :-) Blessings received, and God bless you too, Lou

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

Wonderful sounding, chuggah-chugg engine. 'Happiest' engine at super-low revs I've heard. Nice to hear it's a comfortable cruiser. I can understand folks choosing it for a lunch outing or longer journey.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Carl Cushman Hybels, Happy to read you appreciate the sounds from this car :-) Lou

[@packard5682]

What a magnificent car!! Love the sounds! Keep it original!! He said the car cost around $4500 in 1908. Doing some research, a $100 in 1908 would be $2,478.52 in 2016, so that car would cost $1,115,334.00 in 1916 dollars!! WOW!!

[@packard5682]

Made a mistake! It would cost $111,533. 40. What happens when you try to do math a 1am!!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Packard5682, Glad you think this one is "magnificent" :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing the math, Lou

Actually it's about 110,000 in today's money.

[@colindhowell]

@@packard5682 Even though you goofed the math, I think your first value was closer to the truth. Although a lot of people judge historical inflation using the Consumer Price Index (CPI), I don't like to use that. The problem with it is that the CPI is calculated using a fixed set of basic goods, and those goods have become cheaper to produce and thus more affordable with time, even for a very poor person. So you get a distorted sense of what prices meant for someone's pocketbook. I like judging inflation using either a wage index (how long does it take for a typical worker to earn that much money) or GDP per capita (roughly speaking, how much money did an "average U.S. person" make in a year), and if you use those, $4500 in 1908 would be equivalent to around $750,000 to $900,000 in 2016, or around $900,000 in 2021. That sounds **insanely expensive**, but it fits! In 1908, an automobile like the Packard was super high-end, made by hand in small numbers and marketed toward the ultra-rich, people who could afford their own chauffeurs (who would both drive and maintain the car for them) and for whom the car was a status symbol, like a private jet today. Packard was competing with companies like Rolls-Royce! Once you get well into the Ford Model T's production, in the late 1910s when Ford had fully developed his mass production system, Model T prices converted this way look pretty close to typical modern car prices.

[@peterbrooks8580]

Thank You Lou! Peter Brooks.

[@loucostabile]

My pleasure and you're welcome Peter :-)

[@jeanbean5707]

Gorgeous! Now I want one

[@loucostabile]

Hi Jean Bean, Happy to read you think this car is "Gorgeous!" :-) Lou

[@JamesBond-pb2qy]

love the sound . just waiting to here "BANG BANG" LOL

[@loucostabile]

Nice :-)

[@noe616]

Please feature this on Jay Leno's garage. And the other yellow car in the background.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Noee, Here is that other yellow car :-) Enjoy! Lou kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmW6pYtsbtV-aLc

[@ashleyphillips9049]

Nice Video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Ashley, Happy to read you appreciate this video :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@shedjammer87]

I thought the cicadas in the background were actually happening. I thought "Isn't it a little early for cicadas?"

[@loucostabile]

Thanks for viewing & sharing.

[@wholeNwon]

There's nothing like a Packard. Don't believe me? Ask the man who owns one.

[@loucostabile]

Nice :-)

[@ralilama42]

the model number is the horsepower...hence, a Model 30, is a 30 HP engine...a Model 60 has a 60 HP engine.

[@ralilama42]

Although that's metric...in American terms..it's twice the number, so as he said, it's 60 Actual HP.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Rolland, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this KZbin Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@geraldmorain3166]

Takes steam engine timinng to the ,lubrication , what a car

[@loucostabile]

Hi Gerald, Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many more cars on this KZbin Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@caesarillion]

Must live 108 years to show Packard who is boss.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Caesarillion Aurelius, Good thing cars like this make you feel young. Lou

[@jeffreymartin6369]

Fantastic car Lou, and that one kid is a dead ringer. Son? Grandson?

[@loucostabile]

Hi Jeffrey Martin, Happy to read you enjoy this car. You're correct, I told my son Joey he could bring a Friend for a "Car Adventure" since you don't get the opportunity to ride in a 100+ year old car to often :-) Lou P.S. Since May 2018 he's the Editor of the videos on our Channel.

[@JamesBond-pb2qy]

was that a Mercer to the left?

[@loucostabile]

Hi James Burdzinski, It is, and here it is. Enjoy, Lou kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmW6pYtsbtV-aLc

Now that's a car!

[@wholeNwon]

"There's nothing worser than a Mercer"....Stutz.

[@marguskiis7711]

Ford T was a bit more advanced.

[@loucostabile]

Hi margus kiis, Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many more cars on this KZbin Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Ford model T was nothing, it's everything to people who don't know anything about the 1900s to 1910's to 1920's. But to folks that actually took consideration to realize more automobiles were in production beside a 1957 Chevrolet, and a Ford Model T, you find out information or known knowledge that would make you think otherwise I mean this is 1908, that's nothing compared to what I've seen.

[@mikeskidmore6754]

Very nice car but Probobly cost at least 10 times more than a Model T

[@loucostabile]

Hi Mike, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this KZbin Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Packards surely we're elegant however price ranges weren't so much more threatening than the hyper cheap Model T at $850. A used car is more price ranged that, in fact some qualified it as so cheap that they must have thought it wasn't made rich of any quality or ease in driving mobile. The Packard was $4,200 and had an original top speed of 50 miles per hour. It was a big deal when the very behind the time Ford threw out their 70 mile per hour common sedan choice, because of the insanes of it's low price. At that Point in 1928 Packard had a top speed of 110 for it's sedan, and for the roadster 130, both show up frequently in Crash images meant to make you assume they were going 30 or something, but no, these are rich race sedans. People have the wrong outlook on america, let alone Britian, with Malcolm Campbell who reached speed man had never before travelled in 1931 in Daytona. 245 miles per hour racing like a blue warped diamond down the soft white packed sand. As for in 1960, The Challenger one hit a top speed of 416 miles per hour, however in 1942 there was this one damn race car that I can't ID the name of, (I'll have to see) that travelled something in the 500s.

[@mikeskidmore6754]

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Model T's sold for as little as $350.00 new.. My Grandfather bought a used one for $35.00

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@mikeskidmore6754 1908

[@mikeskidmore6754]

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Henry Ford Lowered the Price of the Model-T Considerably as the years went down and they reduced the Production costs through Volume and better manufacturing tecniques ..

[@JamesBond-pb2qy]

They went out in 58.NOT 56

[@bdrichardson403]

'57 and '58 "Packards" were only Packard in name. They were actually fancy Studebakers with a Packard name plate. Under the hood it was all Studebaker.

[@loucostabile]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@jeremykegley1669]

If those are your kid's then why did you say thank's for letting me check out your car GUY'S? Guy's imply's that there's more than one person!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Jeremy Kegley, Were the kids your watching behaving? If yes, mine. If no, that's my wife's side of the family :-) Lou

[@jeremykegley1669]

@@loucostabile They were fine! But the question was at the end when you said thank's Guy's! That imply's more than one person!

[@bdrichardson403]

Can't you just enjoy the damn video? I'll bet you drive everyone around you crazy with such nit-picking. Please extend my sympathy to them.