Packard 633 Eight Sport Phaeton, 1929
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Chassis No.: 246955
Auction: Monterey 2019
Auction date: August 17, 2019
Lot No.: S162
$88,000 | Sold
- Exterior: Blue Green
- Interior: Blue
- Body: Sport Phaeton
- Sold new to F.W. Nicolson President of the Pullman Railroad Company New York City, New York
- Subsequently sold to current owner’s father later in 1929
- Mostly original paint and interior
- Known history from new
- 320 CI L-head inline 8-cylinder engine
- Rated at 90 HP
- Engine rebuilt in 2009
- 4-speed synchromesh manual transmission
- Clutch replaced in 2009
- Front and rear semi-elliptic leaf spring suspension
- Mechanical drum brakes
- Brakes and tires replaced in 2011
- Dual side mount spares
- Dual spotlights and cowl lamps
- Draft deflectors
- Goddess of Speed mascot
- Trunk
- Radiator stone shield
- Wood spoke wheels and Whitewall tires
Sold new to F.W. Nicolson, president of the Pullman Railroad Company of New York City, this 1929 Packard 633 Eight Sport Phaeton soon changed hands when it was sold later that year to the present owner’s father. This is a remarkable example of the elegant Sport Phaeton and retains most of its original paint and interior, both of which have acquired a lovely patina over the course of the car’s 90-year history. The year 1929 was an important time for Packard, which introduced its new Standard Eight model line to replace the standard-bearing Six.
The successor was announced in a rather implicit manner in a single advertisement posted on September 15, 1928, that simply declared, “With the presentation of the new Standard Eight with cylinders in line, Packard offers the consummation of thirty years of skilled artisanship. Lithe, graceful as a seabird and with the potential strength of an ocean liner, it is a fitting companion for the Packard Custom Eight—which has so firmly established itself in the fine car field.” The new cars were intentionally modeled to closely resemble the Six, but details such as a revised radiator shell, new headlights and some chrome exterior plating distinguished the new from the old.
The Standard Eight used a new 320 CI inline-8 engine rated at 90 HP, a 4-speed synchromesh transmission, lower-rate semi-elliptical springs with a new “loose trunnion” left front mount accidentally discovered to eliminate shimmy, and larger mechanical drum brakes. Offered with a known history since new, this 1929 Sport Phaeton has obviously been well cared for. The engine was rebuilt in 2009, and the clutch, brakes and tires were replaced in 2011.
Still decorated in mostly original blue paint with black fenders and white accents, it is generously outfitted with wood-spoke wheels and whitewall tires, dual side-mount spares, dual spotlights and cowl lamps, draft deflectors, a radiator stone shield, covered trunk and the famed Goddess of Speed mascot.
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