All images copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. Contemporary photos by Brian Henniker.Al Jolson was a rock star decades before rock and roll was invented. "The World’s Greatest Entertainer" was, at the height of his career, America's best-paid performer, and thus could afford to drive any au...
1934 Packard V12 Convertible Victoria 1108
1939 Packard Super Eight Touring Sedan | CCCA Full Classic | Just released from a prominent collection | Luggage Rack | [email protected]
All images copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. Contemporary photos by Brian Henniker.Al Jolson was a rock star decades before rock and roll was invented. "The World’s Greatest Entertainer" was, at the height of his career, America's best-paid performer, and thus could afford to drive any au...
1939 Packard Super Eight Touring Sedan | CCCA Full Classic | Just released from a prominent collection | Luggage Rack | [email protected]
1956 Packard Executive Hardtop crossing the auction block at Chicago 2019 as T110.
All images copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. Contemporary photos by Brian Henniker.Al Jolson was a rock star decades before rock and roll was invented. "The World’s Greatest Entertainer" was, at the height of his career, America's best-paid performer, and thus could afford to drive any au...
Visit to the Grand Experience Concours at the Gilmore Car Museum at Hickory Corners, Michigan on June 2, 2013 with my flickr contacts Granttt73 and ROGERIOMACHADO. All of my classic car photos can be found here: Car Collections
Luxury automakers experienced sharply declining sales during the Great Depression. To counter this trend, Packard introduced the “Light Eight” series. Their goal was to offer a lower-priced model that might sell during difficult times. The series failed, however, because Packard
The 2013 Packard National Meet was held on the fourth week of June in Pontiac, Michigan. I took this photo at the host hotel on June 27. I thought the sandstone wall made a rather complementary backdrop for this burgundy Packard. All of my classic car photos can be found here: Car Collections
Packard was an American luxury automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last in 1958. Entering the 1930s, Packard attempted to beat the stock market crash and subsequent Great Depression by manufacturing ever more opulent and expensive cars than it had prior to October 1929. While the Eight five-seater sedan had been the company's top-seller for years, the Twin Six, designed by Vincent, was introduced for 1932, with prices starting at $3,650 at the factory gate; in 1933, it would be renamed the Packard Twelve, a name it retained for the remainder of its run (through 1939). Also in 1931, Packard pioneered a system it called Ride Control, which made the hydraulic shock absorbers adjustable from within the car. For one year only, 1932, Packard fielded an upper-medium-priced car, the Light Eight. Packard had one advantage that some other luxury automakers did not: a single production line. By maintaining a single line and interchangeability between models, Packard was able to keep its costs down. Packard did not change cars as often as other manufacturers did at the time. Rather than introducing new models annually, Packard began using its own "Series" formula for differentiating its model changeovers in 1923. SEE PACKARD ENGINE HERE 1934 Packard Twelve To address the Depression, Packard started producing more affordable cars in the medium-price range. In 1935, the company introduced its first sub-$1,000 car, the 120. Sales more than tripled that year and doubled again in 1936. In order to produce the 120, Packard built and equipped an entirely separate factory. The early 1930's were devastating for many marques and for Packard it was no different. The onset of the Great Depression meant that many manufacturers were left with few buyers and as a result many went out of business. The cars that Packard produced were positioned for the high to upper class who could afford these beautiful but expensive creations. During the 1920's the company prospered but as the 1930's came into sight, the sales began to decline. The 2013 Best In Show winner here at Pebble is the 1934 Packard 1108 Twelve Dietrich Convertible Victoria owned by Joseph and Margie Cassini of West Orange, NJ. We'll give you a second to memorize that name. At the start of the Classic era, Packard was among the leading luxury marque. This all changed during the early years of the Great Depression, when Packard sales began to drastically decline. In 1930, the first year of the Depression, Packard sold just 28,386 cars. This was down dramatically from 1929. By this time Packard was one of the oldest car companies in America, with the first Packard built in 1899. The company was founded as the Ohio Automobile Company in Warren, Ohio. It became the Packard Motor Car Company in 1902 and moved to Detroit in 1903. 1930 Packard 745 Deluxe Eight The car above was found in a salvage yard in 1954 and sat outside a barn until 1995. The current owner purchased the car in 1996 and began an extensive restoration. The restoration was completed in 1998 after 6,600 man-hours of labor. FAMOUS STARS AND THEIR CARS Amazon.com Widgets
OR THE FIVE? LIVES OF THE PACKARD MOTORCAR COMPANY! This may have been the last and grande...
1941 Packard 110 Deluxe 4 Door Touring Sedan | Bumper Guards | Deluxe heater
Elegance is the word in this ad for Packard, which links the car visually to Medieval princesses with big dogs. The supreme combination of all that is fine in...
Model 840. 120 bhp, 384.8 cu. in. side-valve eight-cylinder engine, four-speed manual transmission, solid front axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel mechanical brakes. Wheelbase: 140.5
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