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This is currently on eBay. Intrigued about the body style. Was there ever a '34 Packard custom built with such a fast back body or is it just the model manufacturers imagination at work?

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Looks like a 1934 12 LeBaron coupe. A gentleman here in NJ has one in his collection which I had the privilege to see a few years back when our local Packard Club went there. He also had a 34 12 Dietrich Convertible sedan and a half dozen Darrins to mention a few.He also has all the post war show cars except the Predictor.

Thanks Gerry, any photos of the real thing?

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1934 Packard three-quarter rear view. Inscribed on photo back; Packard 1106 twelve, eleventh series, 12-cylinder, 160-horsepower, 135-inch wheelbase, 4-person sport coupe (body type #783; carried 'Custom made by Packard' body plate), designed by LeBaron, first built of the 783 sports coupes; P.M.C.Co. authorized construction of three such cars on December 6th 1933, serial #1106-4, engine #901-601, had steel roof, quarter windows that did not lower or open in any way, exhibited on Packard stand at the 34th Annual National Automobile Show, New York City, N.Y., January 1934,

Item # EB01d784

Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.

Four were built, and four exist. The Marano car mentioned earlier, was restored after the car was completely burned in a fire. A completely original example is owned by Bob Bahre, another is owned by Harry Yeaggy in Cincinnati. Both Bahre and Yeaggy own the triumvirate of the 1934 LeBaron Packards: Boattail, Dual Cowl Phaeton, and the Sport Coupe.
The fourth sport coupe is also in the east, but I have forgotten who owns it. I believe it is in New Jersey.

It should also be noted that Marano owns a triumvirate of the LeBaron cars as well, but his phaeton and boattail are replicas.

Thanks gents for the picture and the further information.

If you happen to be in Nashville, you might be interested in seeing the Packard in person at the Frist Center, along with other period automobiles. They have a exhibit running from June 14 to September 15, which looks to be of excellent quality.

Here's a link:

Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles

Also on eBay is this postcard.

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