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Re: Gee, this is nice!
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No. The Maybelline car is not the same car. There is a rear shot of the Maybelline car, and it has a built-in trunk... not to mention the difference in front fenders (no sidemounts).

While the auction description states that it had twin rear-mounted spares, it clearly only had one.

When Chris Charleton restored the car that was just sold, there was absolutely no indication of any body work done to conceal a trunk that once may have been attached.

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Posted on: 2015/8/20 10:06
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1930 Packard Speedster Eight Runabout (boattail)
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Hi

Interesting, do you suppose the car being offered could be the same one pictured in The Olympian Cars by Richard Burns Carson, Second Edition, page 180, upper left corner?

Can't say I think that built-in trunk is an improvement...

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Posted on: 2015/8/20 12:50
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Since we are fairly certain that the car in the OP had chrome hood doors and belt molding when new, I would say the photo in Olympian Cars is of the third car.

Posted on: 2015/8/20 13:39
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1930 Packard Speedster Eight Runabout (boattail)
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Well, from those pictures the plated belt molding cars clearly weren't striped. But the painted ones were. Still for my money I'd put a stripe on it. I think it would have looked fantastic.

Of course if the prices of these cars start falling as fast as the stock market I might be able to buy it and fix it.

I'll tell you right now I have less than 5% in stocks. So if everything crashes, so what?

Posted on: 2015/8/20 15:51
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"Well, from those pictures the plated belt molding cars clearly weren't striped."

OH CONTRAIRE MON FRERE

Single Stripping can be seen on this photo
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Posted on: 2015/8/20 18:01
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I'm not so sure that is striping. I see something bright on a portion of the lip of the front fender and nothing on the rest of the fender's wheel cutout or along the front fender edge. I suspect the "stripe" is just a reflection of the sunlight bouncing off that dazzling chromed wheel and the wide whitewall tire.

Posted on: 2015/8/20 22:51
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"I'm not so sure that is striping. I see something bright on a portion of the lip of the front fender and nothing on the rest of the fender's wheel cutout or along the front fender edge. I suspect the "stripe" is just a reflection of the sunlight bouncing off that dazzling chromed wheel and the wide whitewall tire."

AGREE nothing on the fender. Blowing up the photo on my screen shows 2 single strips on the polished belt line.

Posted on: 2015/8/21 8:13
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Posted on: 2015/8/21 8:30
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Wow, that was one frequently-photographed car in it's youth!

Posted on: 2015/8/21 11:05
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That last picture show's pin stripes on front fender and the side of the hood.

Posted on: 2015/8/21 12:56
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