A wonderful Packard from the golden era. My favorite cars with the Auburn's. That little gem is perfect - Presented with your usual superb camera work and production. Thanks -
Granny in law and husband were Packard owners until 56 or so, and she had pictures of the two of them, going back to the 20's standing in front of cars just like this one. He was a Texas Oil Man, and liked nice things.
One of my favorite details of these-series Packards is the V'eed grill...which is carried over to the headlight nacelles; even the parking lights on the fenders have the notched Packard grill shell motif!
Like Lou said-Way above Wow. These things,I think are miles ahead of the Dusenburgs. My friend's step father had one. That thing blasted down the interstate with ease. You were noticed immediately. What craftsmanship.
Not so fast. A Duesy got that name for a reason. The present-day condition of this car can't be beat, of course. But that's only a naturally aspirated straight eight engine under the hood. It's not even the best that Packard produced in 1933, it's the mid-range Super 8 series. The top of the line for Packard in 1933 is the Twelve series, with a 12 cylinder V-type engine. This had to compete with V12 and V16 engines from other makers at the time, such as Cadillac, and supercharged straight-8 engines from such makers as Duesenberg. Of course, both Duesenbergs and Packards were meticulously crafted. Workmanship was never an issue with either car, or Cadillac for that matter. More Packards were sold in 1933, but the Duesenberg was more than twice as expensive and it was, after all, the height of the Great Depression. A Packard 1004 Super 8 Roadster was $2870 while a comparable Duesenberg Model A Roadster was $6500. The comparable Cadillac V8 Roadster was the most competitive in price at $2795. Pierce-Arrow also produced a luxury straight 8 roadster with a rumble seat in 1933 at about the same price as the Packard, see forums.aaca.org/topic/282914-1933-pierce-arrow-836-rumble-seat-coupe/ for an excellent example. Also, there is this fine V12 example: www.significantcars.com/cars/1933pierce3/fullsize.html
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Thanks for posting. Wish the auto restorers would avoid those wide whitewalls, though. The car would be much more stunning riding on perfectly black plain rubber, IMHO.
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hallo Lou . Ich sehe das Auto ein Traum auf Räder ,mit Liebe gebaut .Die Speichenräder,die ganzen Einzelteile ,Wurzelholz,Crom ,Lackierung,und die schöne Farbe . Wunderbar !
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OMG! The most gorgeous cars were from the EARLY 1930s. especially 1930 thru 1934. The headlights, the hood ornaments, the fog lights, the running boards, fenders so solid looking and beautiful. Packards in the early 1930s were IMO the most beautiful of all. Don't like the cars after 1936/37. Boring especially during the 1940s.
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@@loucostabile they were absolutely beautiful and well made cars. My Grandfather grew up with a Packard V12. I heard loads of tails of him riding in the rumble seat of his Dad's Packard. He owned a service station back in the old days fixing cars and selling gasoline. When he wasn't doing that my great grandfather drove new model prototypes off a quarry high wall for crash testing 1920's-1940's style! He rolled out of the car before it went down in a leather pilots suit. He crash tested Packard's, Auburn's, Cords, and Duesenbergs. They would then load up the cars down in the pit and they'd be trucked back to the factory for the engineers to decide what they wanted to do to make the car more crash worthy. So yes I love Packard's especially the late 1920's and early 30's models. That car is an absolute treasure. I know my grandfather would have loved it too. It would have taken him right back to the days of riding with his father.....thanks for sharing the car!
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A wonderful Packard from the golden era. My favorite cars with the Auburn's. That little gem is perfect - Presented with your usual superb camera work and production. Thanks -
Hi Alex, Happy to read you enjoy this "little gem is perfect" :-) Lou
Granny in law and husband were Packard owners until 56 or so, and she had pictures of the two of them, going back to the 20's standing in front of cars just like this one. He was a Texas Oil Man, and liked nice things.
Hi Jeffrey Martin, Happy to read this video brings back memories of your Granny In Law & Husband's Packard :-) Thank you for viewing, and sharing, Lou
One of my favorite details of these-series Packards is the V'eed grill...which is carried over to the headlight nacelles; even the parking lights on the fenders have the notched Packard grill shell motif!
Hi Robert Hoffhines, Happy to read the details you enjoy :-) Lou
Like Lou said-Way above Wow. These things,I think are miles ahead of the Dusenburgs. My friend's step father had one. That thing blasted down the interstate with ease. You were noticed immediately. What craftsmanship.
Not so fast. A Duesy got that name for a reason. The present-day condition of this car can't be beat, of course. But that's only a naturally aspirated straight eight engine under the hood. It's not even the best that Packard produced in 1933, it's the mid-range Super 8 series. The top of the line for Packard in 1933 is the Twelve series, with a 12 cylinder V-type engine. This had to compete with V12 and V16 engines from other makers at the time, such as Cadillac, and supercharged straight-8 engines from such makers as Duesenberg. Of course, both Duesenbergs and Packards were meticulously crafted. Workmanship was never an issue with either car, or Cadillac for that matter. More Packards were sold in 1933, but the Duesenberg was more than twice as expensive and it was, after all, the height of the Great Depression. A Packard 1004 Super 8 Roadster was $2870 while a comparable Duesenberg Model A Roadster was $6500. The comparable Cadillac V8 Roadster was the most competitive in price at $2795. Pierce-Arrow also produced a luxury straight 8 roadster with a rumble seat in 1933 at about the same price as the Packard, see forums.aaca.org/topic/282914-1933-pierce-arrow-836-rumble-seat-coupe/ for an excellent example. Also, there is this fine V12 example: www.significantcars.com/cars/1933pierce3/fullsize.html
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Thanks for posting. Wish the auto restorers would avoid those wide whitewalls, though. The car would be much more stunning riding on perfectly black plain rubber, IMHO.
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hallo Lou . Ich sehe das Auto ein Traum auf Räder ,mit Liebe gebaut .Die Speichenräder,die ganzen Einzelteile ,Wurzelholz,Crom ,Lackierung,und die schöne Farbe . Wunderbar !
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Incredible work of art.
High praise :-)
Are you in Chicago? In Dayton, OH, we have a Packard museum. So cool!
Yes.
Thanks Lou big fan
Glad you're along for the ride David :-)
Lou: this car is epic,I mean WOW! They sure don't make them like they used to. As the Packard slogan says "ask the man who owns one".
HI Paul Kirkland, "this car is epic" :-) I like that. Thank you for sharing a wonderful comment, Lou
The sixes and twelves only had 4 bearing crankshafts, but, if I remember, this 8 broke with "tradition" and had 9 main bearings, Strange?
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OMG! The most gorgeous cars were from the EARLY 1930s. especially 1930 thru 1934. The headlights, the hood ornaments, the fog lights, the running boards, fenders so solid looking and beautiful. Packards in the early 1930s were IMO the most beautiful of all. Don't like the cars after 1936/37. Boring especially during the 1940s.
Hi Tommy Nevils, Thank you for the wonderful comment, and sharing your thoughts on the cars from the 1930's :-) Hope you see many other cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou
oh boy, to ride in the rumble seat......
Good times :-)
Like everything else we will never make anything this beautiful or well made again. All we build today is ugly junkie $hit!
Hi SteamGent, Glad to read you enjoy the design of this car :-) Lou
@@loucostabile they were absolutely beautiful and well made cars. My Grandfather grew up with a Packard V12. I heard loads of tails of him riding in the rumble seat of his Dad's Packard. He owned a service station back in the old days fixing cars and selling gasoline. When he wasn't doing that my great grandfather drove new model prototypes off a quarry high wall for crash testing 1920's-1940's style! He rolled out of the car before it went down in a leather pilots suit. He crash tested Packard's, Auburn's, Cords, and Duesenbergs. They would then load up the cars down in the pit and they'd be trucked back to the factory for the engineers to decide what they wanted to do to make the car more crash worthy. So yes I love Packard's especially the late 1920's and early 30's models. That car is an absolute treasure. I know my grandfather would have loved it too. It would have taken him right back to the days of riding with his father.....thanks for sharing the car!
Thank you for adding to the story :-)
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