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did the 48 thru 50 Packard CONVERTIBLES come in just ONE model or two different models????? Were they all the same wheel base???? I really like the 48 - 50 convertibles. But i still think something needs to be done about the headlites.

The 22nd series convertibles came in two series, Super 8 and Custom 8, different wheelbases, engines, and much of the running gear. Difference in wheelbase was all forward of the cowl. 23rd series convertibles came in two series, Super DeLuxe and Custom 8, Super DeLuxe sported the egg-crate grille like the Custom.

Also one of those year/models sported the divider window. Don't know if it was an option or standard. We had a retired colonel down here that had a convertible with the divider window.

Well, it really wasn't a divider window in that it wasn't housed in the front seat assembly and raised up and down, it properly is called a tonneau windscreen, not too unlike those on dual cowl phaetons of an earlier era. And an EXTREMELY rare option, almost never seen, and available for any of the convertible victorias. I've read somewhere that there was a recent effort to reproduce them.

The divider window was an option only.

The car pictured in my avatar is a 1948 Super Eight Convertible which had the window divider. Of all the 48 to 50 Packard rag tops I have seen this is the only convertible that I have seen equipped with this option.


John F. Shireman

I've probably seen a half-dozen of these over the years. They are perhaps equally rare for the prewar "120" convertible coupes.