Re: 1930's video Beverly Hills Packard.

Posted by Don Shields On 2016/3/9 0:47:04

There are two Packards that overtake the camera car and pass on the driver's left side. The one that overtakes about 15 seconds into the film looks like a Seventh Series or 1930 model year Packard, either a 726 or 733, best guess a 733. Note the optional "Daphne at the well," or "Adonis," or "sliding boy" radiator ornament.

The second Packard is two vehicles back as the first one passes the camera car. It has a visor around the roof's leading edge, typical of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Series sedans. It appears to have bowl or bullet-shaped headlights, making it a Sixth Series or 1929 model year Packard, as above either a 626 or 633, but best guess a 626. Note the driver is a woman wearing a light-colored hat at a rather jaunty angle. Her hat could be indicative of a jaunty personality as she (dangerously) dangles her left arm out the window as she passes the camera car about 37 seconds into the film.