Always built to the highest standards, the Packard was unquestionably one of the finest American cars of the pre-war era. As early as 1915 cars with twelve cylinder power plants were offered, which Packard badged as Twin Sixes from the outset. These gave way to the Eight in 1924, for which the marque is so well known, and it was not for another eight years, by which time competitors Cadillac, Pierce-Arrow and others had brought in twelves, that Packard re-introduced their own, keeping it initially as a Twin Six, before succumbing to the terminology of the day for the 1933 season. 1939 was the Seventeenth series year for Packard, and with sales of less than 500 Twelves it would be the last year that the model was offered. The model closely resembled the previous year’s series, which had seen the introduction of the Vee windshield and generally smoother lines with rounded fenders, and kept the ’38 styled grille and hood also. Independent front suspension and hydraulic brakes had been part of the Packard specification for some years now The example offered is one of the shorter wheelbase variants, the 127inch Series 1701 Eight chassis of their Formal Sedan design in a very elegant black offset by the whitewall tires. The car has survived to this day in a pleasingly unspoiled and well-preserved order. An interesting example of the end of the ‘Twelve’ era. Without reserve
Always built to the highest standards, the Packard was unquestionably one of the finest American cars of the pre-war era. As early as 1915 cars with twelve cylinder power plants were offered, which Packard badged as Twin Sixes from the outset. These gave way to the Eight in 1924, for which the marque is so well known, and it was not for another eight years, by which time competitors Cadillac, Pierce-Arrow and others had brought in twelves, that Packard re-introduced their own, keeping it initially as a Twin Six, before succumbing to the terminology of the day for the 1933 season. 1939 was the Seventeenth series year for Packard, and with sales of less than 500 Twelves it would be the last year that the model was offered. The model closely resembled the previous year’s series, which had seen the introduction of the Vee windshield and generally smoother lines with rounded fenders, and kept the ’38 styled grille and hood also. Independent front suspension and hydraulic brakes had been part of the Packard specification for some years now The example offered is one of the shorter wheelbase variants, the 127inch Series 1701 Eight chassis of their Formal Sedan design in a very elegant black offset by the whitewall tires. The car has survived to this day in a pleasingly unspoiled and well-preserved order. An interesting example of the end of the ‘Twelve’ era. Without reserve
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