Packard 740 Custom Eight Sport Phaeton, 1930
Packard Custom Eight
Packard Custom Eight•
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Chassis No.: 184777
- Exterior: Maroon/Red
- Interior: Black
- Body: Sport Phaeton
- CCCA Full Classic
- AACA National First Prize 1965
- CCCA Premier Senior award
- Older restoration completed in the early 1960s
- 385 L-head inline 8-cylinder engine
- Detroit Lubricator updraft carburetor
- 4-speed selective sliding gearbox
- Solid axles
- Front and rear leaf springs and friction shock absorbers
- 4-wheel mechanical drum brakes with vacuum booster
- Dual cowl coachwork
- Dual side mount spares
- Draft deflectors
- Accessory fender lamps
- Goddess of Speed mascot
- Radiator stone shield
- C.M. Hall lamps
- See-Rite mirrors
- Mounted trunk
- Restored chrome wire wheels
- Wide Whitewall tires
This 1930 Packard 740 Custom Eight Sport Phaeton from the Academy of Art University Collection has long been a prominent member of the vintage Packard community. Its well-preserved restoration was completed in the early 1960s, after which it laid claim to the Antique Automobile Club of America’s National First Prize Award in 1965. It also earned the Premier Senior Award from the Classic Car Club of America, which long ago proffered Full Classic status on this timeless American automotive treasure.
Riding on a 140.5-inch wheelbase, the Packard 740 Custom Eight was powered by Packard’s 385 CI inline 8-cylinder engine, which was upgraded in 1930 with a new Detroit Lubricator No. 51 updraft carburetor and double fan belts. The most significant mechanical upgrade was this car’s 4-speed selective sliding gearbox, which carried an extra low gear. The standard three forward gear ratios were well suited to the new engine’s improved torque, but the so-called “low-low” first gear was added to handle situations requiring extra low-end power when needed.
Because of the inline-8’s impressively flexible power band, the feature was not commonly used; in fact, many second or third owners were not even aware of its presence. The Eighth Series’ underpinnings—including the solid axles, leaf springs, friction shock absorbers and vacuum-boosted mechanical drum brakes—were otherwise typical of Packard, which is to say extraordinarily robust. Fitted with the majestic dual-cowl Sport Phaeton coachwork, this wonderful example boasts many desirable period features, including dual side-mount spares, draft deflectors, accessory fender lamps, a radiator stone shield, C.M.
Hall cowl lamps, spare-tire-mounted See-Rite mirrors, a rear-mounted storage trunk and the famed DeLuxe Goddess of Speed radiator mascot, the longest-lived mascot in the history of the American automobile. Resplendent in two-tone red and burgundy paint with black interior upholstery, a beige canvas top and wide whitewalls on restored chromed wire wheels, this is a wonderful and truly charismatic automobile.
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