Hai voluto la Packard da concorso? Impara a usare il freno a mano!

Come si suol dire, capita anche nelle migliori famiglie: magari però ci si limita a graffiare lo specchietto entrando in garage o a segnare il paraurti durante una manovra in retromarcia. Il proprietario di questa splendida Packard 1605 Super Eight del 1938, carrozzata Bohman-Schwartz, ha invece fatto di meglio: ha dovuto assistere impotente al tuffo nell’acqua del suo gioiello al

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Pochissime, al momento, le notizie trapelate sul curioso incidente. Pare comunque che la vettura sia stata improvvidamente parcheggiata in pendenza senza che venisse inserito il freno di stazionamento. A quel punto, il lento scivolamento… in buca. L’occasione ha scatenato ovviamente, accanto alla reazione inorridita di molti presenti, anche il flash di smartphone e macchine fotografiche, che hanno imortalato la macchina completamente immersa nell’acqua e la successiva riemersione con al volante un pompiere in tuta da sommozzatore…

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