Re: Custom Bodied 734 Packards
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/11/18 19:21:45
To answer the last question, the bodies for the 7-34 Speedster series were built in-house and carried "Body by Packard" or something similar on the body plates.
Separately, West Peterson and I have been talking about the 6th series Speedsters and again I apologize for deviating from the theme of the this post, but I did go back and find the article from 1979 written by Dick Langworth and the Henry Ford Museum about those cars. The enclosed photo is from the Henry Ford Museum archives. The article states that less than 50 6th series (6-26) Speedsters were made and this one is the sole survivor (Ed: as of that time, I understand there may now be other survivors). It was sold to an Emil Fikar of Berwin, Illinois on 6 October 1928 for $5200; only two accessories were noted on the invoice, chrome wire wheels at $250 and goddess of speed radiator cap at $10. Though of course it was built on the Standard Eight chassis and used a modified Standard Eight body, it had the 385 cubic inch DeLuxe Eight engine, thus one of the earlier of the "muscle cars". Hope you enjoy the picture, sorry for the fold, it was a centerfold pic.
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Separately, West Peterson and I have been talking about the 6th series Speedsters and again I apologize for deviating from the theme of the this post, but I did go back and find the article from 1979 written by Dick Langworth and the Henry Ford Museum about those cars. The enclosed photo is from the Henry Ford Museum archives. The article states that less than 50 6th series (6-26) Speedsters were made and this one is the sole survivor (Ed: as of that time, I understand there may now be other survivors). It was sold to an Emil Fikar of Berwin, Illinois on 6 October 1928 for $5200; only two accessories were noted on the invoice, chrome wire wheels at $250 and goddess of speed radiator cap at $10. Though of course it was built on the Standard Eight chassis and used a modified Standard Eight body, it had the 385 cubic inch DeLuxe Eight engine, thus one of the earlier of the "muscle cars". Hope you enjoy the picture, sorry for the fold, it was a centerfold pic.
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