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Isn't that a Victoria? I don't see any reference to such a car in the 1937 Packard salesman's book. A convertible Victoria was offered in the Super Eight line, but I see no reference to such a car in the 110 or 120 lines. You probably have a custom bodied car, whether factory or outside supplied, or perhaps a special export model.
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Re: identifying my 1937 Packard
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It's a convertible victoria and not a factory offering. I suggest you look carefully for coachbuilder's identification, often found on the lower edge of the cowl, or on doorsills, sometimes underneath carpets, etc. Creating these convertible victorias on the junior series Packards was especially popular with European coachbuilders. If it still carries the original vehicle number, the first 4 digits should tell you what the original factory vehicle was, I'd guess at a 1084 5-passenger touring coupe.
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Re: identifying my 1937 Packard
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G'day KarelS,
![]() I invite you to include your '37 Packard Convertible in PackardInfo's Packard Vehicle Registry.
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This car is definitely a custom body job, most likely by a European coach builder. The only factory convertible offering from Packard in 1937 on the 115C chassis was the two seat Convertible Coupe. There was a four door Convertible Sedan available only on the 120 chassis along with a two seat 120 Convertible Coupe. But no Victoria on either Junior chassis.
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They was a proposed 115 Convertible Sedan and it mistakenly shows up in the Parts Manual as body number 1087, but none were made.
But from the firewall back it is all the same sheetmetal on '37 115/120s, as the difference in length is front sheetmetal. So given that, someone "could" take a 120 Convertible sedan body and drop it on a 115 frame with the 115 front sheetmetal and trim and voila, a 115 convertible sedan (1087).
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-BigKev
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