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To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Amelia Island event, 4 March 2023.  An elegant, sporting Roadster complete with rumble seat; the final year for a true roadster body from PackardFeatures a 120-hp 384-cu. in. inline-eight and four-speed gearbox Well-equipped with twin sidemount spares and mirrors, Pilot Ray driving lights, dual C.M. Hall spotlights, wind wings, and a rear luggage rackA rarely seen CCCA Full Classic with great exhibition potential By the summer of 1930 it was clear that the worldwide economic downturn, though not yet dubbed the âGreat Depression,â was no passing panic; luxury automakers were sure to feel a serious pinch. Despite these headwinds, Packardâunwilling to compromise on qualityâintroduced some its finest offerings yet for the 1931 model year.Debuting on 14 August 1930, the DeLuxe Eights represented the crÃ¨me of the new Eighth Series crop. With the racy 734 Speedster of the previous year discontinued, its engineering refinements were applied to the new DeLuxe Eightsânotably larger intake and exhaust ports and a three-piece intake manifold, which featured a cylindrical chamber to preheat the mixture. Consequently, these smooth-running 384-cubic-inch inline-eight engines produced a punchy 120 horsepower. Further changes included larger hubcaps, three-spoke steering wheels, and deeper sweeping fenders with plain bumper clamps. Four-wheel mechanical brakes and front and rear semi-elliptical suspension remained standard, but the 140 1/2-inch-wheelbase chassis benefitted from a new, vacuum-actuated automatic Bijur lubrication system. With the 734 Speedster gone, the 840 DeLuxe Eight 2/4-Passenger Roadster, body style 472, represented the sportiest offering in Packardâs catalogue. Complete with a rumble seat in the rear and a side door through which to stash a golf bag, this would be the last true Packard roadster, as later models would have roll-up glass windows. But economic circumstances meant that there were simply not very many customers who could afford one: Just 2,035 840 DeLuxe Eights of all body styles were produced for the 1931 model year. This 840 DeLuxe Eight Roadster is an enticing example of these rare cars. The recipient of a thorough and extensive past restoration, it is finished in silver with a black beltline and red pinstripe. The black soft top has red piping, and the interior is well-finished in red leather, with clear gauges and appealing wood trim. Panel fit remains excellent and the chrome plating is of the same caliber, including the spokes of the six wire wheels wrapped in wide whitewall tires. A number of well-chosen options complete its look, including wind wings and twin sidemount covered spare wheels topped by mirrors. It is equipped with Pilot Ray driving lights ahead of the chrome grille guard, and dual C.M. Hall spotlights are fitted on the cowl. The unmistakable Goddess of Speed mascot atop the radiator proudly leads the way forward, and a luggage rack is mounted to the rear for longer trips.Thanks to its elegant yet sporty lines, well-engineered and finely crafted chassis, and undeniable rarity, this Packard is rightly recognized as a Classic Car Club of America Full Classic. With its carefully maintained restoration still presenting well today, it offers its next owner great potential for club participation and exhibition. To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM website at website in the description*.

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To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Amelia Island event, 4 March 2023.  Please note that this lot is titled as a 1939. Please check back soon as our dedicated cataloguing team is preparing the description for this lot.To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM website at website in the description*.

Victoria

To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Amelia Island event, 4 March 2023.  Among the ultimate American designs of the Classic EraOne of just four known survivors on the 745 Deluxe Eight chassis Well-preserved national award-winning restorationA Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Full Classic THE WATERHOUSE CONVERTIBLE VICTORIAFew body styles so epitomize the Classic Era like the svelte and elegant Convertible Victoria, and no firm executed the style better than Waterhouse of Webster, Massachusetts. A boutique firm which produced scarcely 200-300 bodies in a five-year run, Waterhouse is credited with first appropriating the Convertible Victoria for the US from a design by the Belgian firm Vanden Plas. Each Waterhouse Convertible Victoria was frequently built over the frame rails, rather than atop them, allowing for an exceptionally low line; in a similar vein, the convertible top was engineered to fold flush into a ânotchâ at the rear of the body. Built with the superior craftsmanship of a small shop, every example was one of the finest, most beautiful convertibles that money could buy, and their style was almost immediately copied by sundry competitors.THE CARNIVAL MANâS PACKARDThe car offered here is one of four extant Waterhouse Convertible Victorias built on the longest, most desirable 145 1/2-inch-wheelbase Packard 745 Deluxe Eight chassis. According to its firewall data plate, it was originally sold in Jersey City, New Jersey, on 2 July 1930.The Packardâs earliest known owner was Carl Johnk of Hornick, Iowa, a longtime carnival worker who frequently located interesting automobiles during his travels. The recollections of his family are that the Packard was acquired in the early 1960s in South Dakota, and it was listed by Mr. Johnk with the Classic Car Club of America by 1964. Throughout his ownership, it had a sticker on the windshield granting access to a Chicago-area airport, indicating it had been in that area previously. The McGowan Brothers of Branford, Connecticut, prolific traders in Full Classics, came to know of the car in the late 1970s. In addition to their automotive interests, the McGowans also fronted a folk band, Farquahr, and the Johnk family recalls an impromptu performance by the McGowans as part of their efforts to charm him out of the Packard. The concert was successful and the McGowans purchased the Waterhouse by 1980.Two years later the car was sold by the McGowans to Phil Budrose of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who sent it to his favored restorer, Ray Belsito, in Waterhouseâs hometown of Webster. At the time the Packard remained substantially complete except for having had the paint stripped, as shown in photographs on file. Mr. Belsito undertook a full restoration of the car, in rather striking colors he has stated to have discovered under layers of later paint. During this work, Mr. Belsito copied the wood pattern and all of the unique Waterhouse hardware, allowing him to build a second convertible victoria in the style of Waterhouse, and which was completed in similar livery.Finished with Woodlite headlamps and chromed disc wheels, the Packard was nearly complete when Mr. Budrose sold it in 1989 to Michael Calore of Exeter, Rhode Island. Mr. Calore exhibited the car at the 1992 Pebble Beach Concours dâElegance; at the AACA National meet at Hershey in 1993, winning a First Junior; and at the CCCA New England Grand Classic of 1993, winning a Primary First Prize with a score of 99 points. Afterward Mr. Calore had the carâs frame, undercarriage, and hood doors painted, and the engine, transmission, rear axle, and brakes rebuilt, all by Jack Greenleaf of Oxford, Maine.Many of Mr. Caloreâs automobiles were sold in 1995, and the Waterhouse was soon purchased by noted Packard collector Ralph Marano, in whose ownership it achieved Senior status in AACA and CCCA judging, with a perfect 100-point score in the latter. It was also featured on the back cover of the Fall 1995 issue of The Classic Car. After four years in the Marano fleet, the Waterhouse was sold to Ray Catena, then passed in 2003 to Richard Mullin of Templeton, Massachusetts, who actually exhibited it in the den of his home!Preserved in the present collection now for nearly a decade, this remains a truly striking automobile, and the fine quality of its design and workmanship is still clearly evident throughout. One of the best-known examples of an iconic style on its ultimate chassis, it would be a stunning addition to any Packard connoisseurâs stable.To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM website at website in the description*.

To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Amelia Island event, 4 March 2023.  Stunning French custom coachwork by Maurice ProuxWell-known example, featured in J.M. Fensterâs Packard: The PrideNicely preserved restoration in striking colorsA Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Full Classic Packard enjoyed an international reputation that, with the possible exception of Rolls-Royce, few automakers have enjoyed before or since. Not only the height of superbly engineered elegance in America, it held the same prestige in other nations; wherever one traveled, the wealthiest person there likely owned a Packard. It was often fitted with attractive custom coachwork by a local shop. Indeed, some of the finest European coachbuilders of the Classic Era created for Packards, and thanks to the supreme length of these chassis, the result was often strikingly beautiful.No exception is the car offered here, a 145 1/2-inch-wheelbase 745 Deluxe Eight that is one of the few surviving works of the Parisian coachbuilder Maurice Proux. Like his American counterparts at Waterhouse, Proux ran a small shop and for only a few years, 1928 to 1932, but enjoyed tremendous success within that short period for the finely tailored, conservative trim of his work. Proux bodies were devoid of extraneous doo-dads and crisply styled, with a prominent straight-through beltline molding inspired by competitor Hibbard & Darrin.The car is featured prominently in J.M. Fensterâs 1989 book, Packard: The Pride, a highly regarded work in which the social and technological history of the company is shared through discussions of 30 individual cars and those who owned them. Fenster notes that this particular 745 was discovered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1960s, and provides a photograph of it as-found, in overall intact condition but obviously in need of restoration. Owner Frank R. Miller, Jr., of California in 1980 undertook a complete restoration with Hill & Vaughn, the renowned Santa Monica shop owned by collector Ken Vaughn and legendary racing driver, Phil Hill, himself an avid Packard connoisseur.To author Fenster, Hill recalled that the carâs restoration was a magnificent challenge, as Proux began with a factory closed body and, essentially, reworked and changed every panel, much as Brunn would do with convertible sedan body shells for Packard cabriolets later in the 1930s. The level of fine detail extended to reshaping the doors, which were given curved âcarriage sillsâ that drop in the center, easing entry and exit for the passengers. Fenster noted that Proux shaped new front and rear fenders, both with a pronounced beading edge, as well as a new cowl and hoodline. Typical of a coachbuilt body in this period, much of the hardware was custom-made by the shop itself, including the geared window lifts that fit grooves in the window frames, for truly smooth and seamless operation. Proux retained use of the striking 745 headlights and single taillight, with creases that subtly echo the design of the radiator shell.The completed restoration was debuted at the 1984 Pebble Beach Concours dâElegance, winning First in Class and being named Most Elegant Open Car. It went on to be judged at a perfect 100 points at the CCCA Far West Grand Classic in 1985, then at 99 points achieved its Senior First at the following yearâs Annual Meeting. Not only was it featured in Packard: The Pride, but it appeared as a feature article in the December 1986 issue of Car Collector magazine.After some years of successful competition, the Proux Packard was sold to an owner in Japan at the height of the worldwide collector car âboom.â It subsequently returned to the States and was acquired in 1998 by collector T.J. Day of Reno, Nevada. Mr. Day undertook a fresh restoration of the car in the present striking color scheme of Siena and Indian Yellow, with beige leather interior, accented by fine inlaid woodwork, and complementary trunk and tire covers. He then went on to show it several times over his ownership, which continued for nearly two decades, until the end of his life. At that point, in 2017, it was purchased by the present owner, a longtime admirer of the convertible victoria body style in all its forms. In this collection it has remained well-preserved, and is still in wonderful overall condition throughout. It should be noted that the engine crankcase number is from a 1928 Fourth Series Packard, which is similar to the original 745 unit and not surprising for a car of this period with South American heritage. The Proux Packard is a superb cross-Atlantic blend of fine European craftsmanship and outstanding American engineering, a true feast for the eyes.To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM website at website in the description*.

Super Eight

To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' Amelia Island event, 4 March 2023. Offered Without Reserve Please check back soon as our dedicated cataloguing team is preparing the description for this lot.To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM website at website in the description*.

Truck

This vehicle is being sold at the East Moline 2023 as Lot No. K23. - 1915 Packard Truck- Factory-built short wheel-base- Fixed 5th wheel tractor truck- Closed cab constructed of wood- Steel hood and front fenders- Dual rear wheels- Solid rubber tires- Crank start- Leaf-spring front suspension- Packard built trucks from 1903 through the early 1920s but ceased truck production to focus on luxury car manufacturing- Kips Garage Collection

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Black

To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Amelia Island event, 4 March 2023.  Please check back soon as our dedicated cataloguing team is preparing the description for this lot.To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM website at website in the description*.

Usual

The Twelve remained the obvious choice for Packard's most exclusive clientele with its beautiful styling in 1935.nbsp; This particular piece, with odometer showing 98,530 miles, is one of just 445 twelve-cylinder 12th series cars produced and one of seven Dietrich-bodied in this style.nbsp; Appears to have the original L-head 473.3cid V12, and is a former CCCA National First Prize Winner.nbsp;Engine number 1435 537, Exceptional restoration with great attention to detail. Factory equipment included chrome wire wheels, dual size-mount spare wheels with paint matching burgundy covers, truck rack and Goddess of Speed Hood Ornament.nbsp;

Brown

Maroon Exterior with Grey Cloth and Wood Trim InteriorInline 8 Cylinder Engine3 Speed Manual TransmissionRWD51,315 MilesAftermarket Fuel Pressure GaugeRear Storage BoxMORE INFORMATION COMING SOON...

Gray

This 1934 Packard Super Eight 1104 Coupe Roadster 2dr features a 385 CID L-HEAD INLINE 8-CYLINDER 8cyl Gasoline engine. It is equipped with a 3 Speed Manual transmission. The vehicle is Cream and Burgundy with a Burgundy Leather interior. It is offered As-Is, not covered by a warranty. - Leather Interior Surface - Contact Internet Sales at *number in the description* or  for more information. -

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