To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Old Number One was to be removed from its case in Packard Laboratory at Lehigh University and sent on a cross country tour. Scheduled stops include:

Concours d'Elegnace of the Eastern United States. June 19-20, 1999.

Packard Centennial Celebration. July 4-6, 1999.

Meadow Brook Hall Concours d'Elegance. August 6-8, 1999.  

Henry Ford Museum. September 11-12, 1999.    

The car had been sitting in the case for well over five years. The first step in removing the car was to remove the special "jack stands" which hold the vehicle off the ground in order to protect the tires. After this was done, the pneumatic tires were inflated to approximately 50 psi. Special ramps were then used to roll the car out of the case. Then, a series of three-point turns were used to prepare for the trip down the lobby staircase and out the front door of Packard Lab.

Once the vehicle was out of the lobby, it was pushed to the rear of Packard Laboratory and then west on Packard Avenue to the Packard Lab garage. Once inside the garage, the car was moved into the main shop where Dick Towne (Lehigh University) and Terry Martin (National Packard Museum) coordinated the work necessary to prepare the vehicle for running at the Concours d'Elegnace of the Eastern United states.

The first stop on the Packard's tour was the 1999 Concours d'Elegance of the Eastern United States. Old Number One was a crowd favorite, and received an enormous round of applause when it was started up and taken for a test drive just before the parade. Unfortuately, during the parade a transmission lock-nut vibrated loose which all but eliminated the forward gears, but the transmision was quickly fixed and Old Number One motored back through the spectators accompanied by another large round of applause.