Vehicle Description
1949 Packard Super Eight Convertible Victoria ?Rare, desirable hard
to find Packard model ?One of only 4,250 examples built in 1949
?Same caring owner for the past 7 years ?Full mechanical
restoration with $18,000 in receipts ?Sylvan Green Metallic
exterior (code N) and Tan Leather (code 214) with tan power-folding
canvas top ?327 CID straight eight-cylinder engine, fully rebuilt
in 2013 with receipts ?Three-speed manual transmission
?Briggs-bodied car with ?Goddess of Speed? hood ornament ?Power
windows, power front seat, fog lights, driver?s side spotlight,
Philco AM radio, bumper guards ?120-inch wheelbase Seeking your
very own ?Goddess of Speed? from one of America?s most popular
independent car makers? This rare and desirable Packard Super Eight
Convertible Victoria is ready for review. This is one of only 4,250
examples built in 1949 and it was Packard?s first open car offered
since 1942. This Victoria was owned by a local collector who
purchased the car in 2013 from a widow in Oregon. The engine was
completely rebuilt in 2013 and in 2016 Classic Car Studio here in
St. Louis performed another $13,000 in services, maintenance and
rebuilding the complete hydraulic system. All receipts for the work
is included with the car. Until 1951, Packard did not follow an
annual model year changeover like many of its competitors. The
Super Eight was the larger of the two eight-cylinder luxury
automobiles produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit,
Michigan and it rivaled Cadillac?s new P-38-inspired models with
those newfangled tailfins. Here, dressed in Sylvan Green Metallic
(code N), the car?s paint and trim are in overall very good order,
the contrasting tan folding top is in excellent order. The car?s
bodywork, which came from Briggs, is straight, the engine bay is in
decent order, as is the cargo area, which includes a full-sized
spare tire mounted on a wheel. The battery is new and the car?s
wraparound chrome bumpers with bumper guards look great. A pair of
fog lights are nestled within the front, wraparound grille. This
car rolls on Coker Classic wide whitewalls. Each tire is mounted on
a steel wheel topped by a factory chrome wheel cover and trim rings
that are in good, original condition. It rides on a 120-inch
wheelbase. Under the side-hinged hood is Packard?s stout 327 CID
inline eight-cylinder engine as a rival to Cadillac?s new-for-?49
331 CID V-8 engine. This straight eight is mated to a three-speed
manual transmission. Driver convenience features include power
windows and a power front seat. The engine was completely rebuilt
in 2013. Inside, there is room for six people. The tan leather
upholstery (code 214) on the front and rear bench seats is in
excellent order while the brown carpet is in very good shape. The
ivory two-spoke steering wheel is in good order while the inner
door panels and green metal instrument panel are all in very good
shape and echo the rest of the interior. Completing the interior
are a column-mounted shifter topped by an ivory handle and a Philco
AM radio. Clipper Custom Super Eights and Custom Eights were very
close relatives to their respective Super models, distinguished
outside by the lack of an eggcrate grille and small rear chrome
trim molding under the trunk lid on Supers. In 1949, a new Super
Eight Deluxe was added to the line. This car had also the Custom
Eight's eggcrate grille, but not the rear trim. The Super Eight
models have large belt line molding, and no trim on the hood. The
taillights are flush mounted in the rear fenders. The cars also
have a horizontal bar style front grille. Convertible competition
to this Packard in 1949 included Cadillac?s Series 62, Delahaye?s
135M, Hudson?s Commodore Custom Eight Brougham and Lincoln?s
Cosmopolitan. Packard had one of the most recognized advertising
slogans in the automotive industry ? ?Ask the Man who Owns One.? If
you want to be asked about this car at a stoplight or at a car show
or cruise night, you need to be the one who visits MotoeXotica to
see it for yourself so you can own it. VIN: 2279911015 Chassis #:
2232 This car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis,
Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 84,291 miles. It is
sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title.
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