443: Custom 8 or standard 8?

Posted by Spencer B. On 2023/3/7 18:56:59

Hey, I apologize if this is answered elsewhere on the site, but I spent a few hours searching here and elsewhere and haven’t been able to find an answer.

Anyway I was fortunate enough to recently acquire a beautiful 443 runabout (registered here:https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/registry/index.php?Action=view&ID=3842), and the seller said this was a Custom 8. For all my looking, though, I cannot figure how to verify whether it’s a Custom 8 443 or a Standard 8 443. My understanding is that the Custom 8 was finished in nicer trim and had some other more upscale details, but does anybody have a way I can identify for sure?

Thanks again. I will no doubt try your collective patience in the future with similarly dumb questions as I try to figure out how to take properly care of this beautiful piece of history.