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• The Packard was built and originally owned by J.K. Rossi, who also owned the Rossi Jos/Blue Diamond Motel (today known as the Bird of Paradise Motel) next door.
• The motel was named after a luxury brand of automobile, built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, MI and, later, the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, IN. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, but the brand went off the market in 1958, just two years after the opening of the Wildwood motel. Packard automobiles are highly sought-after by collectors today.
• The structure, along with the roadside sign out front, was originally painted in a green, white and red striped pattern to reflect the Italian heritage of the owner. Not surprisingly, many of the Packard's earliest patrons were of Italian decent.

Motels of the Wildwoods MPDF S.R. 1/16/2004

Wikipedia entry on the Packard Motor Company:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard

Al Alven, Wildwood Doo Wop Team

Seeing the Packard every year was like seeing an old friend. It's still difficult to imagine that it's gone, and that that junction at 26th & Surf has been transformed so dramatically. I used to love looking down 26th Ave. from the Boardwalk at night, seeing the Packard all lit up a block away (with the Bird of Paradise Motel -- thankfully still there -- right behind it). Even by 'Wildwood' standards, there was something very magical about that area at the time. I really miss it.