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1930 Packard 733 Standard Eight Roadster For Sale by Auction

H&H Classic Auction  @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
14th June, 2023 13:00

1930 Packard 733 Standard Eight Roadster
Estimate
£70, 000 - £80, 000

Registration No: BF 4548
Chassis No: 291178
MOT: Exempt

Rare right-hand drive Packard Standard Eight
Delivered new to Australia
Rebodied as a pickup during the Second World War
Original Packard Roadster body fitted after the war
Older restoration still presenting exceptionally well

By the end of the 1920s, Packard had arguably become the last word in American automotive fashion. Outselling rival Cadillac by three to one, its distinctive tombstone grilles graced the drives of many a business tycoon, film star and politician. Yet behind the glitz Packards remained machines of real substance, the marque recording a whole host of US car industry firsts including: the steering wheel, H-pattern gearshift, V12 engine, thermostatic engine cooling, four-wheel brakes, hypoid rear axle, air conditioning, automatic overdrive, and torsion bar-suspension. Responsible for maintaining the Detroit firm's preeminent position, the Seventh Series Packards were introduced on August 20th 1929. Visually distinguished by a more voluptuous wing line which better matched the era's prevailing Art Deco sensibility not to mention a thermostatically controlled radiator grille and subtle lighting changes, the newcomers were engineered to the same exacting standards as their predecessors. The Standard Eight range was powered by a 385 cu in (6. 3 litre) 106hp straight-eight engine allied to four-speed manual transmission. Riding on supple leaf-sprung suspension and benefiting from four-wheel assisted mechanical drum brakes, the Model 740 allied authoritative performance to impressive refinement. Featuring a redesigned water pump and twin fan belts for improved cooling not to mention a more efficient Bijur chassis lubrication system that via its 'Pull Daily' dash control was reputed to do the work of '43 men with 43 oil cans', the Standard Eight could be had with a wide variety of open and closed coachwork. Sporting a fold-flat windscreen, retractable rumble seat, golfer's locker, high belt / low roof line, twin-blade bumpers and dual side-mounted spare wheels, the Model 733 Roadster was wonderfully rakish. Lighter and more self-indulgent than its siblings, the 2/ 4-seater was priced at an equally luxurious $3, 190. However, even Packard could not escape the effects of The Great Depression with production totalling 28, 386 cars in 1930 (some 40 percent down on previous years). More information to follow:

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