Re: Packard Auction -Sep 2021

Posted by Tim Cole On 2021/8/29 6:16:12
Most of those 25-42 year cars need some work. If it looks bad in pictures then it is really bad.

I agree that 31 convertible sedan is highly questionable. As well, the caption on file for the C5632 photo is:

Packard Co. file photograph of a 1931 Packard nine-tenths left side view, top raised, side mounted spare tire, wire wheels. Inscribed on photo back: "Packard 840, standard eight, eighth series, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 140.5-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible sedan (body style #1881), body by Dietrich, Inc."

Of course "Standard Eight" is not correct, but that stuff shows up a lot in Packard files. The confusion arises because the files show the same body numbers for the Custom and Standard.

As well, somewhere I recall that if you ordered chassis only it was a 140 inch wheelbase but cataloged as 845 chassis.

So whatever that thing is I have my doubts in the absence of paperwork.

Also the light colored car is a 745. For 1931 Packard reserved the 145 inch wheelbase for the seven passenger closed cars. In 1930 they offered a full line of bodies on the 145 inch wheelbase. The extra five inches were entirely in the hood length.

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