Re: Fw: Car of the Week: 1958 Studebaker Golden Hawk

[Eric Sturgis <ericsturgis@xxxxxxxxx>]

I enjoyed reading about it.  The upclose pics and how it works as well as the cars that it was installed on.  Kind of neat, but not the safest invention ever thought up.  But it would be fun in an intersection on a busy night.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 8:48 AM, dick shoup <shoupr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Interesting, as  we saw the video of the Cadillac

 

Dick Shoup

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Car of the Week: 1953 'Self-Parking' Packard Cavalier

People have found parallel parking to be a pain for generations, so Brooks Walker set out to solve the problem. He wasn't the first, but he was probably among the last before engineers gave up on the idea. In the 1950s, when Walker was patenting several of his self-parking system ideas, industry was racing into the future, and exposition crowds loved the wizardry and gadgetry showcased during the prosperous postwar economy . The automobile was among the most futuristic machines, both in appearance and appointments, and it's for this reason that the lack of success of Walker's self-parking system is so puzzling.

In 1953, Walker modified a new Packard Cavalier sedan from his California business , Walker Research, and made it into one of the most famous postwar Packards. Using a series of hydraulic pumps and lines, gears, and the Packard's left left rear and continental spare tire, Walker came up with his own unique system for easing the parking procedure for car owners. Apparently nobody bit on the idea, leaving Walker's prototype, his personal 1953 Packard Cavalier, the only known example featuring the patented system.

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