1939 Packard 12 7 Passenger Sedan - Spectacular Car with Known History!

1939 Packard Model 1708 7 Passenger Sedan Description

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1939 Packard 1708 7 Passenger Sedan Offered as a buy-it-now. Make us an offer!

This very nice example has led a charmed life, having had only 3 owners from new. Delivered new to Kansas City, the first owner kept the car nearly 30 years, the second owner, a Museum, held it almost 40 years-and sold the car to the current owner after having recommissioned the car mechanically including a top end rebuild. The car is largely original save a repaint, some upholstery refreshing, and wood work refinishing.
The Seller had the following completed within the last 2 years:
Bare Metal Repaint including all new rubber moldings and window flashings, window rollers replaced, New Glass where needed.
Wiring Harness Overhaul
Radiator reconditioned, New Hoses, New Heater Core
Fuel System Serviced with new Pump and Filter
Vacuum Assist Brake and Clutch rebuilt
Steeering Box Adjusted, Shocks Rebuilt
Rear End Serviced, Wiper Motors Rebuilt
LED Light Bulbs installed
6 New Tires and Battery/New Cables and kill switch installed
Front Seat sensitivelymoved back 3 "- original parts retained
Wood Work (trim) Refinished, new shades installed.
The car is accompanied by an Owners and Shop Manual.
The car runs and drives without fault. This is the perfect car for club tours and events, and is also very show worthy- the car has taken Best of Show awards at large local shows (1,000 cars). This a fully sorted, stunning example of the one of the finest driving Pre War Packards. It will provide years of driving pleasure to the lucky new owner. Having not been widely shown it is eligible and certainly most welcome at the most descriminating Concours.
If you are looking for a turnkey Packard 12 you can campaign and enjoy immediately- look no further!

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Packard was founded by brothers James Ward Packar, William Doud Packard and his partner George Lewis Weiss in the city of Warren, OH. James Ward believed that they could build a better horseless carriage that the Winton cars owned by Weiss (An important Winton stockholder) and James Ward, himself a mechanical engineer, had some ideas how to improve on the designs of current automobiles. By 1899, they were building vehicles. The company, which they called the Ohio Automobile Company, quickly introduced a number of innovations in its designs, including the modern steering wheel and years later the first production 12-cylinder engine. While Ford was producing cars that sold for $440, the Packards concentrated on more upscale cars that started at $2,600. Packard automobiles developed a following not only in the United States, but also abroad, with many heads of state owning them. In need of more capital, the Packard brothers would find it when Henry Joy, a member of one of Detroit's oldest and wealthiest families, bought a Packard. Impressed by its reliability, he visited the Packards and soon enlisted a group of investors that included his brother-in-law, Truman Newberry. In 1902, Ohio Automobile Company became Packard Motor Car Company, with James as president. Packard moved its automobile operation to Detroit soon after and Joy became general manager and later chairman of the board.
The Packard's factory on East Grand Boulevard in Detroit was designed by Albert Kahn, and included the first use of reinforced concrete for industrial construction in Detroit. When opened in 1903, it was considered the most modern automobile manufacturing facility in the world and its skilled craftsmen practiced over eighty trades.The 3.5 million ft2 plant covered over 35 acres and straddled East Grand Boulevard. It was later subdivided by eighty-seven different companies. Kahn also designed The Pacakrd Proving Grounds at Utica, MI. Throughout the nineteen-tens and twenties, Packard built vehicles consistently were among the elite in luxury automobiles. The company was commonly referred to as being one of the "Three P's" of American motordom royalty, along with Pierce and Peerless. Packard's leadership of the luxury car field was supreme. Entering into the 1930s Packard attempted to beat the stock market crash and subsequent depression by manufacturing ever more opulent and expensive cars than it had prior to October 1929.
Packard did not change cars as often as other manufacturers did at the time. Rather than introducing new models annually, Packard began using its own "Series" formula for differentiating its model change-overs in 1923. New model series did not debut on a strictly annual basis, with some series lasting nearly two years, and others lasting as short a time as seven months. In the long run, though, Packard did average approximately one new series per year. By 1930, Packard automobiles were considered part of the "Seventh Series". By 1942, Packard was in its "Twentieth Series". There never was a "Thirteenth Series". Our Ebay Policies:
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