Re: Attractive 1939 1238 Model 12 Packard on ebay

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2016/12/27 10:01:24

Gusha, the 1939 Twelve and the 1938 Super 8 were the last Packards with wood frame and steel skin construction, the junior cars were all steel before this. Though the availability of suitable steel and presses to make one-piece roof stampings has come up before, another consideration would be economic; the 2/4 passenger coupe body was used by both the Super Eight and Twelve in 1938, and just the Twelve in 1939 and in total only 66 are believed to have been built. One could never justify the cost of stamping dies for a production run of only 66 cars.