Packard Eight
Packard Eight | |
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![]() 1930 De Luxe Eight Roadster | |
Overview | |
Manufacturer | Packard |
Production | 1930-35 |
Assembly | Packard Automotive Plant, Detroit, MI |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Luxury car |
Body style |
•2-door roadster •2-door coupé •2-door convertible Victoria •4-door sedan •4-door phaeton •4-door dual-cowl phaeton & Sport Phaeton •town car •landau |
Layout | Front engine, rear drive |
Related |
Light Eight 120 |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Packard Model 30 |
Successor | Packard 180 |
The Packard Eight was a luxury automobile produced by Packard between 1930 and 1938.[1]
Offered in three models, the Standard Eight, Custom Eight,[2] and De Luxe Eight,[3] it was powered by a low-compression aluminum-head[4] L-head inline eight[5] producing 90 bhp (67 kW)[6] (hence the name).[7] Packard ads bragged the engine "floated" on new rubber mounts.[8] Power would be upgraded to 110 hp (82 kW) in 1932[9] and 120 hp (89 kW) in 1933.[10]
The Eight offered optional (no extra cost)[11] four-speed synchromesh transmission.[12] Like other Packards of this era, it featured Ride Control, a system of dash-adjustable hydraulic shock absorbers.[13] The Eight also featured automatic chassis lubrication[14] and "shatterproof" glass.[15]
The Eight was available on several wheelbases: 127.5 in (3,240 mm) and 134.5 in (3,420 mm) for the 1930 Standard Eight,[16] 140 in (3,600 mm)[17] and 145.5 in (3,700 mm) for the De Luxe in 1931,[18] 130 in (3,300 mm) and 137 in (3,500 mm) for the 1932 Standard Eight.[19] For 1938, the Eight's wheelbase was stretched 7 in (180 mm) over 1937, and the body was also wider.[20]
It was advertised as a two-door roadster, two-door convertible & two-door convertible Victoria (both new for 1932),[21] phaeton,[22] four-door dual-cowl phaeton[23] & Sport Phaeton (a four-door four-seat dual-cowl phaeton new in 1932)[24] two-door coupé,[25] four-door sedan, landau,[26] town car,[27] and limousine. The Packard eight utilized a very rare swivel accelerator pedal, patented by Pat Au back in the early 1900s.
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Production of the De Luxe Eight was less than ten per day.[28] It was available in eleven body styles.[29]
In 1930, the Eight was factory priced between US$2425 and US$2885 for the Standard Eight, US$3190 to US$3885 for the Custom Eight, and US$4585 to US$5350.[30] In 1932, prices ranged from US$2250 to US$3250[31] for the Standard Eight, while the De Luxe Eight started at US$3150.[32] The 1932 Standard Eight was offered in thirteen body styles.[33] In 1933, base price of the Standard Eight was US$2150,[34] and was offered in fourteen body styles.[35] The 1933 De Luxe Eight started at US$3350.[36]
The five-passenger sedan was Packard's best-selling model for years.[37] This helped Packard become the best-selling luxury brand between 1924 and 1930,[38] as well as selling almost twice as many abroad as any other marque priced over US$2000.[39]
Notes
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising Retrieved 12 September 2013
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013. The same engine would be used in the 120, & remained in production until 1955.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising; Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising; Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising Retrieved 14 September 2013
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Old Car Advertising. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
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