Vehicle Description
The GR Auto Gallery is pleased to present this one-of-a-kind,
Packard Street Rod. Making this Packard one of a kind is the fact
that it started its life as a 4 door but now is a stretched
two-door, also the chopped roof, ribbed roof, custom see-through
fenders, and many more custom features. This Packard street rod
(The B-1 Flyer) was built as a tribute to our 3 time NHRA National
winning Packard E/Gasser and to showcase the alum. B-1 Cylinder
heads for Mopar racing that Dave Koffel developed. The graphics on
the car was done by Jim"Dauber" Farr who was the first graphic
artist to be in the NHRA Hall of Fame. the interior was done by the
late award-winning Jim Roll. The paint and exterior were done by
Custom Auto Body of N. Canton, Ohio. Susie Koffel Powering this
custom ride is a massive 498ci built V8 by Koffels Place paired to
a 727 torque glid. So if you are in the market for a cool custom
ride this is the one for you! Please call or email us today for
more information.
The Packard Super Eight was the larger of the two eight-cylinder
luxury automobiles produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of
Detroit, Michigan. It shared frames and some body types with the
top model Packard Twelve. The 1933-1936 Packard Super Eight was a
big classic. In 1937, it was reduced to a smaller and lighter
design.4 #fn4 Following the discontinuation of the Packard Twelve
after the 1939 model year, a new Super Eight One-Eighty was derived
from the Super Eight as the new top car range. The Super Eight was
renamed the Packard Super Eight One-Sixty. These two models shared
most mechanical components including the 160 HP straight Eight
engine.
After 1942, Packard concentrated on the new Clipper styling that
was developed for an upper-class sedan the previous year. There
were Super Clippers and Custom Super Clipper in the One-Sixty and
One-Eighty tradition until 1947. After a heavy facelift, the name
Clipper was dropped. The most senior Super Eight One-Eighty became
the Custom Eight, while its slightly lower-priced sibling, the
Super Eight One-Sixty, once again became simply the Super Eight.
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
moulding 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 entire range of Packard's motorcars was renamed for the 1951
model year (twenty-fourth series), when the Super Eight was renamed
400.
To see over 80 photos of this car, including undercarriage please
visit our website www.grautogallery.com
Gr Auto Gallery, LLC and our sister company, Wheelz Sales and
Leasing Inc. makes every effort to represent each vehicle
accurately and with integrity. We also welcome third party
inspections when necessary. Although we try to do our very best to
be accurate in our description writing we are human and do make
mistakes. Unless otherwise noted, All vehicles are sold AS IS, No
Warranty Expressed or Implied. All sales final.