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Neat short writeup.
Opening ceremony for the new Kosciuszko Bridge

The car looks great, but poor reporting. It was a New York State motor pool car, not the personal property of FDR though of course he rode it in a few times before leaving Albany for the White House.

The car was last used for official purposes back in the 1980s when it was used by Governor Carey to transport the royal family of Holland.

PS - notice the outside door handle. The coach-style says the car is a Touring, not a Phaeton as previously reported.

I like the way those morons smashed up all the hubcaps.

What did they do, kick them across the floor or play Frisbee?

Another Packard that is better off being unknown.

I think I'll show that picture to some of the quality engineers here in Detroit. Maybe there is a place in the prototype shop for those idiots. We have a few people here who get a kick out of seeing what happens when you turn an imbecile loose on a $90,000 car.

From today's New York Daily News:

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Beside a bridge in New York being named for Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mountain also bears that honour.

Yes the headlights and fender are off a 33 Super Eight but they're the same as all 32-34 12 cylinder cars and all 33-34 Super 8's

On the comment that "all hubcaps" are damaged and that's what happens when you let morons loose on a $90,000 car. The car is worth 2 to 3 times that just as a car and more with its provenance, I can't see all 6 hubcaps in any photo so I can't tell they're all damaged nor when damage occurred. Anybody help me?? Maybe they were damaged when FDR had use of it.

I recently discarded over 750 used, damaged Packard hubcaps. Must be a lot of morons around driving Packards