What Makes It Special? It’s a 1948 Packard Convertible with its original straight-8 and is 98 percent complete. Last registered and on the road in 1966.
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Subterranean Storage: Delahaye & Rolls-Royce
There are the stories of finds that make you want to believe you’ll get the phone call next time. This is one of them, as two friends discovered an incredible find sitting in the lower levels of a Long… more»
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One Family Since New: 1951 Packard Garage Find
This one-family Packard has been relegated to this garage since 1973! It’s a relatively solid Packard 200 four door sedan that was at the bottom of the Packard range for 1951, but that still placed it above many of… more»
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Packard V8: 1955 Nash Ambassador Custom
Trying to choose between cars is sometimes like trying to choose a favorite child, it’s almost impossible to do. This 1955 Nash Ambassador Custom is one of those cars for me. This big, black boulevard cruiser is listed on… more»
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Big Purple: 1937 Packard Super Eight Touring
This Packard is from a time of hand-built luxury. The age of automotive elegance pretty much ended, though, with the “Great Depression”. Most of the great names including Cord, Stutz, Duesenberg, and Pierce-Arrow failed and were gone by 1940. Without the resources of… more»
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Decades In A Barn: 1956 Packard Caribbean
This 1956 Packard Caribbean convertible is one regal car. Unfortunately, this one is in rough condition as you can see. It’s listed on eBay in Isanti, Minnesota where they know a thing or two about road salt and it… more»
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Elegant Potential! 1934 Packard Dietrich Victoria
Even though production moved to Detroit, Michigan soon after the dawn of the 20th Century, Packard tops my list of Ohio’s finest products, and the motorcars they produced in the 1920s and ’30s rate among the world’s finest horseless… more»
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Stored 50 Years! 1955 Packard Caribbean
It’s hard to believe that Packard made such a fine car as this 1955 Packard Caribbean convertible not long before the whole company closed their doors. These were and still are amazing cars. This car is all original, believe… more»
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Holy Roller: 1942 Packard Henney Hearse
Packard’s relationship with Henney Motor Company of Freeport, Illinois, is well documented. The agreement between the two companies focused largely on the production of flower and funeral cars, like this 1942 Packard hearse. The relationship between the two companies… more»
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1 of 159 Made: 1958 Packard Wagon
With only 159 of these 1958 Packard Wagons produced in the company’s last year, they’re the definition of rare. They’re also slightly awkward and/or ungainly, scale-wise, which makes me like them even more. This example is listed on eBay in… more»
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Muffler Shop Find: 1954 Packard Convertible
Imagine looking into the gloom of an old muffler shop and seeing the dusty shapes of old cars and piles of parts. In the midst of all this sits a red Packard Convertible. What’s not to love about a classy… more»
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1924 Packard Single Eight – Stored since 1962!
Many 1920s Packards render enthusiasts stunned and mute as effectively as a Star Trek Phaser, either with their stately elegance or (in this case) their sense of history. Two-door sedans appear rarely; indeed the seller claims this one alone… more»
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No Name Dropping Needed: 1941 Packard Clipper
The seller stopped loving this Packard today…okay, that’s my one and only tortured George Jones reference for this post; this 1941 Packard Clipper, we are told, once belonged to the country legend, but the fact is tossed off and,… more»
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True Barn Find! 1955 Packard Patrician
Packard leveraged an attractive redesign and exciting new technology for 1955. Thanks to Matt P. for spotting this 1955 Packard Patrician located in Cream Ridge, New Jersey and listed here on Central New Jersey craigslist.org. Last inspected in 1999,… more»
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Back in Black! 1937 Packard 115-C Custom
According to the seller, Packard built fewer than 2000 of these Packard Six five-passenger touring coupes in 1937, the body style’s first year. Packard sold an even larger two-door coupe in the 120 series (8 cylinder) similar to this,… more»
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Faded Glamour: 1946 Packard Clipper
By the time this Packard rolled out of Detroit in 1946, the company was the last of the “three P’s” of American luxury cars still standing—Pierce-Arrow and Peerless being the fallen two—and alas, the less patrician Clipper models that… more»
