Looks like a mid-50s Nash, or a Henry J (?)
Cadillac?
I believe it was a 1951 or 52 Packard, which was also Sarah's last name in the movie.
Yeah it was definitely an old Packard, as I said earlier probably a 51' or 1952. As an old car buff, that's what I immediately noticed while watching that opening scene.
I have an unopened bottle of J.T.S. Brown here in the house. In fact it's the very same bottle used in that little picture next to my screen name here on the forum. In think you're probably correct in that it's probably not the greatest bourbon out there but has that great sounding name. That's probably why they used it in the film. It was also the name of my old 8 ball team in a league I was in years ago.
That was the scene that preceded where Newman made money off the bar owner with that rail trick shot. That pretty much set the pace for the rest of the film
No, but the quote is from Slap Shot. An elite comedy and sports movie.
If I'm not mistaken, that quote was from Cool Hand Luke it was about him cutting the parking meter heads off at night with nothing else to do.
That was a great opening scene! They had me there!
And it's one of the scenes that they cut out when putting the movie on broadcast TV. Gotta make room for the ads, dontcha know.
Did you forget to add the clip? I don't see it.
In the mid/late 50s, I could I.D. the year & brand of every ‘big 3’ model. The Packards, Nashes, Fraziers, Hudsons, etc. were dowdy ‘off-brand’ cars and all looked pretty much alike to me. The major brands (Studes included) had the most outstanding/futuristic styling and advanced/sporty engines, though the straight flathead Hudsons DID dominate early 50s racing (go figure).
you're absolutely right I too could identify all these old 50's (still can most of them) being and old car buff. The 53 Studebaker styling (Raymond Lowrey spelling?) was way ahead of its time. And the early Hudson's engines were hard to beat at the time.
