Looking for the following parts for a 1932 light eight.
1) 17 inch wire wheels
2) 17 inch wheel trim rings
3) engine pans for a 900
4) aluminum door sill plates for a 900 sedan
5) rear fender supports
6) optional rear middle bumper for a rear spare mount car
7) cylinder head
8) what other parts for a light eight do you have? Leads appreciated.

Tph479@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Tim

Light eight disc hupcap

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Light eight disc wheel

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For the light eight disc wheel just grab the hubcap and pull it off. It is held on by a retainer ring.

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Walleybones,

If your 900 is dialed in you will find that once your in third gear you really shouldn't have to downshift.. The car should have enough torque to accelerate in third gear from a slow speed without lugging the engine. You should also be able to drive 55mph without stressing the engine. You have to remember that it is a 88 year old car and drive as such. If the car is dialed in it should start instantly, accelerate pretty quick, and steer and stop straight.

I can forward onto you a lot of 900 info so you can read up on your car. Pm me if you wish.

I believe that there are at least 15 558 coupes existing at this time. Wouldn't be surprised if there are a few more out there.

It can be said that all coupes started life as a coupe roadster since they share the same body. The coupe roof was added during assembly. Since it is relatively easy to make a coupe into a coupe roadster that explains why a lot of the coupes were converted into convertibles. The only way you can tell what it left the factory as is by checking the rumble seat lid number and the golf club bag door wood, if it still has the original wood.

If your 900 is tuned in and bought mechanically brought back to factory specs you will not need any modifications to keep up with modern traffic. It will stop and down the road just fine.

In regards to the coupe sedan my internet searches in the past have also brought up the same 3 cars. I heard there is one in New Zeland. But has anyone else ever seen another one or pictures of one besides those 3 cars?

The coupes seem limited with internet search results also.

I would assume that the coupe sedan is the rarest, followed by coupe, the coupe roadster then sedan in that order.

Just curious to know since rosters don't show many either.

Does anyone know how many light eights approximately exist in the following 4 body styles?

1) coupe roadster
2) stationary coupe
3) coupe sedan
4) four door sedan

Here is a picture of the light eight that was restored for Bill Buddig by Fran roxas in the 1980's. It is going up for auction in Scottsdale. When it was first restored it had white wall, disc wheels and tan canvas top and side mount covers. It now sports wire wheels, black walls and black top and the optional horns. This is still probably one of the top five restored 900s out there today.

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Jack Triplett a packard historian had a 2 part article published in the late 1970's or early 1980's in Cars and Parts magazine regarding "Packard's controversial light eight". I just pulled out the article and based on information that he gathered, company data indicated 6,750 light eights were built. Know serial numbers at the time went to #500 for the coupe,#1020 for the coupe roadster, #4807 for the sedan and # 175 for the coupe sedan. I have read somewhere else of slightly different production numbers but cannot find that paperwork right now, but the numbers didn't vary by much from what I recall.

In an earlier post I might have been a little high of coupe roadster production. Still surprising survival rate of roadsters to coupes any way you cut it.

Would be interested to know if anyone does have a current count of the surviving light eights out there.

Either way they are fantastic cars and a joy to drive!

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