Packard 840 Deluxe Eight Convertible Coupe 1931, Estados Unidos

 

Packard 840 Deluxe Eight Convertible Coupe 1931, Estados Unidos
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The Packard Motor Car Company introduced its Eighth Series on 14 August 1930. Manifolds and valves from the 734 Speedster engine were adopted across the board, resulting in a power boost to 120 horsepower on the 384.8-cubic-inch straight eight-cylinder “Senior” Deluxe models.
This Deluxe Eight Convertible Coupe was delivered new via the pivotal Earle C. Anthony distributorship of Los Angeles. The rest of the car’s history is unfortunately lost until the late-1960s when early collector Nathan Derus is said to have found the car outside a garage in Venice, California. Hal Orchard of Santa Ana, California is then reported to have restored the car in the 1970s. Later, in the 1980s, noted marque authority Eric Rosenau is said to have rebuilt the straight-eight engine. During this later refurbishment, the rear axle is said to have been fitted with 3.54:1 gears to facilitate driving in modern traffic and long-distance touring.
Tastefully painted in light and dark gray, the car features red wire wheels, dual fender-mounted spares, and wide whitewall tires. The black leather interior coordinates nicely with the exterior motif, which is further set off by handsome burl wood-grain on the dashboard and window trim. Directional signals have been discreetly fitted for safety on the road.

Packard Super Eight One Sixty Touring Sedan 1941, Estados Unidos

 

Packard Super Eight One Sixty Touring Sedan 1941, Estados Unidos
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In considering a Classic Era Packard, connoisseurs look for the original vehicle tag on the firewall, confirming the car’s original vehicle number, delivery date, and selling dealer. This Super Eight One Sixty touring sedan goes one better, as it still has its original Bill of Sale from salesman C.L. Norton of Alvan Fuller’s Packard Motor Car Company of Boston. This notes that the car was delivered with engine no. D503713 (still under the hood today) and “complete equipment,” including six wheels, Electromatic Clutch, and Aero Drive, at $2,698.50. A 1937 Packard seven-passenger sedan was traded in on the purchase by original owner Alfred C. Gardner of 26 High Street in Revere, Massachuetts, receiving $700.50 credit.
Mr. Gardner’s Packard passed in 1972 to his son, Robert C. Gardner of Center Sandwich, New Hampshire. The current owners purchased the car from Robert Gardner’s widow in 2005 and are the third owners and the second outside of the original owner’s family.
In Robert Gardner’s ownership, the touring sedan was refinished in the original Grove Green; the factory lacquer can still be found in the doors and on the firewall. The body is remarkably solid for a New England car, while the interior is beautiful, including the original broadcloth upholstery, irreplaceable carpeting, and a superb original dashboard and instruments. Even the original radiator from the Modine Manufacturing Company of Racine, Wisconsin, is still in place. The car is offered with a history file that includes the aforementioned Bill of Sale, several early 1940s registration and gas ration cards, manuals, the original service booklet, and, wonderfully, the paper headlamp and Electromatic tags that would have been suspended from the dashboard switches when Mr. Revere took delivery of the new Packard in 1941.

This is, simply put, a “time warp” Packard.

Packard Super Eight One Sixty Seven Passenger Touring Sedan 1941, Estados Unidos

 

Packard Super Eight One Sixty Seven Passenger Touring Sedan 1941, Estados Unidos

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