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Blue Ridge Packards is an affiliated region of
The Packard Club
NEWS AND EVENTS
UPDATE: The BRP annual meeting in Charleston has been canceled!
All business scheduled for this meeting will be covered at the spring tour. Please plan to join us in Georgia!
For tour information on the spring tour, please click here.
This page includes images and news from Blue Ridge's current activities and past events.
BRP Fall Tour - Balsam Mountain Reunion
September 2007
A rockin' group, on the hotel's porch.
Some of the cars on the tour.
Ron Althoff discusses the finer points of his Packard with a passing biker.
BRP Spring Tour - Blueridge Goes Bluegrass
May 2007
The participants in the Tour pause for a group photo.
MidAmerica Packards Tour
Council Grove, KS
The Gaughfs made the trip to Council Grove, KS, for Boots' tour of Council Grove, hosted by MidAmerica Packards. No pictures of the Gaughfs' vehicle - they made the drive in the Locomobile!
It wouldn't be Kansas without a buffalo sighting or two. The tour visited a buffalo farm, among other activities.
BRP Annual Meeting - Charlotte, NC
February 2007
A whole bunch of BRPers in the lobby of the Levine Museum of the New South.
The BRP board meets on Saturday morning.
(Very early on Saturday morning. Thanks, Curtis!)
PAC National - Detroit, MI
July 2-7, 2006
BRP had a number of members attending this year's National, including Bruce and Thelma Walker, Bush Bushner, Boots Hager, Dudley Morrison, Emerson Duke, Jim and Helen Ragland, Jack and Nan Gaughf, Drusilla Carter, Ansley Starr, and Ron and Mary Carpenter.
The Packard plant on East Grand
A bus full of Packard people drives (approximately) through the production line at the Connor plant.
The 4th of July was spent at the Packard Proving Grounds (PPG), along with an estimated two hundred Packards. The weather was beautiful and everyone enjoyed the chance to see the timing tower and lodge, and to meet old and new friends.
Thursday's concourse was held at the Scripps Mansion, with sixty Packards entered for judging and a large display class as well. Highlights of the day included tours of the mansion and a fashion show on the terrace.
Cars entering the mansion grounds for judging.
Past Events
Spring Tour, 2006
Lumberton, NC
The group at the Spring Tour.
Winter Tour, 2006
Nashville, TN
BRPers at Carnton plantation.
Upcoming events:
February 2008: BRP Annual Meeting, Charleston SC
Contact Bill Lee for more information
April 2008: BRP Spring Tour, Moultrie GA
Contact the Tribes at packardposer@aol.com for more information
Summer 2008: PAC National Meet, Des Moines IA
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