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Eight Category: Vehicle Model Wikipedia: Packard Eight Description: A luxury car produced by Packard from 1924 and 1936. It came in three varieties: Standard Eight, Custom Eight, and de Luxe Eight. Page Sections: History · Images · Article Index |
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Packard Eight page on 11 January 2024, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Packard Eight was a luxury automobile produced by Packard between 1924 and 1936, and was an all new platform that took the top market position from the earlier Packard Twin Six which was first introduced in 1916. When it was introduced, it was designated as the senior Packard. It remained so until the Super Eight and Custom Super Eight were introduced in the 1940s.
Packard's first eight-cylinder engine was introduced as the Single Eight with two wheelbases offered in 136 in and 143 in, while sharing a naming convention with the junior Single Six.
Starting in 1928, new naming conventions were offered; the Standard Eight and the more opulent Custom Eight, the De Luxe Eight, was introduced in 1929 and in 1930 the Speedster was introduced, which was offered with a low-compression aluminum-head L-head inline eight producing 90 bhp (hence the name). Packard ads bragged the engine "floated" on new rubber mounts. Power would be upgraded to 110 hp in 1932 and 120 hp in 1933.
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Subject: Meadow Brook Hall Christmas
Artist: Ken Eberts Car: 1930 Packard Eight Source: 
View "Meadow Brook Hall Christmas" - 1930 Packard Eight - 93KB |
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| 2 December 1928 | PACKARD ADDS A DE LUXE EIGHT It will be shown this week at the automobile salon in the Hotel Commodore and in the Packard Building, Broadway at Sixty-first Street. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Topic: Packard Eight |
