Packard Darrin 180 Convertible Victoria, 1941
Packard 200/250
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- Body: Convertible Victoria
- 356/160 HP inline eight cylinder
- 3-speed transmission
- 127 inch wheelbase
- 1 of 35 produced
- Restoration completed in 2000
- Sand Beige with black top
- Red leather interior
- Fender skirts, fog lights
- Radio, clock and heater
- 4-wheel hydraulic drum brakes
- Front and rear tri-bar bumpers
Howard “Dutch” Darrin was already an accomplished automotive stylist when he arrived back in California in 1937 after a successful career in Europe. Having concluded that custom coachbuilding was declining on the Continent, he perceived opportunity in the California film industry’s star machine, and soon counted among his clients such household names as Errol Flynn, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
Darrin’s success attracted the attention of Packard, and the company included two dramatic Darrin models in their 1940 catalog, a Convertible Sedan and a Convertible Victoria, the latter of which was advertised in the Saturday Evening Post with the headline "Glamour Car of the Year! (Of course, it's a Packard)." Darrin eventually produced 35 Convertible Victoria models, the eleventh of which is offered here in this pristine 1941 example whose restoration was completed in 2000. Built on a 127-inch wheelbase and powered by Packard’s freshly-engineered 356/160 HP Custom Super-8 One-Eighty engine, this beauty is equipped with a three speed manual transmission and 4-wheel hydraulic brakes.
It is superbly finished in its original color scheme of Sand Beige with Red leather interior and Black cloth top, and accessorized with radio, clock and heater, fender skirts, front and rear tri-bar bumpers, fog lights and a Packard exhaust tip.
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