Packard Custom Eight
The Packard Custom Eight is the name of a series of eight-cylinder automobiles that the Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit produced between the model years 1928 and 1932. In 1948 the model was revived as a further development of the Custom Super Clipper Eight and continued to be built until 1950. In 1951 it was replaced by the Packard 400 .
1928-1932
The Eight model , which was built until 1927, was split into the Custom Eight and Standard Eight model series in 1928 .
The Custom Eight also had an in-line eight-cylinder engine with side-mounted valves, 6,306 cm 3 displacement (bore × stroke = 88.9 mm × 127 mm) and an output of 109 bhp (80 kW) at 3,200 rpm. The engine power was passed on to a partially synchronized, manual three-speed gearbox and then to the rear wheels via a two-disc clutch. The mechanical brakes worked on all four wheels.
There was only one chassis with a 3,632 mm wheelbase, which could be fitted with a wide variety of closed and open bodies for 2 - 7 passengers. The Custom Eight models that appeared first were more luxuriously equipped than their sister models called Standard, which were released seven months later.
In 1929, the Custom Eight received another sister model, the DeLuxe Eight , and the engine output decreased slightly to 105 bhp (77.2 kW) while the displacement remained the same. The chassis now had a wheelbase of 3,569 mm.
In the following year, the Custom Eight received a new four-speed gearbox and windows made of break-proof multilayer safety glass.
In 1931, the engine received a boost in power through modified valves and intake pipes. It now delivered 120 bhp (88 kW). The Custom Eight was renamed Individual Custom Eight and there were two bodies on the chassis with 3,569 mm wheelbase ( Victoria Cabriolet and Sedan Cabriolet) and seven on the 3,696 mm wheelbase. At the same time, the Individual Custom Eight was also available with the technical equipment of the Standard Eight (with 5,231 cm 3 displacement and 100 bhp (74 kW); with 3,416 mm wheelbase).
In the 1932 model year, the wheelbases were extended by 2 ″ to 3,619 mm / 3,747 mm. By increasing the compression, the engine achieved 135 bhp (99 kW) with the same displacement. The option of an Individual Custom Eight based on the Standard Eight that was offered in the previous year was no longer available.
In 1933 the Individual Custom Eight became the Packard Eight again . In the three years from 1928 to 1930, 23,801 Custom Eights were made (the numbers for 1928 - 7,800 pieces - also include the Standard Eight model). In 1931/1932, 2,735 Individual Custom Eight were made (the numbers also include the DeLuxe Eight model).
1948-1950
In 1948 the Packard Custom Super Clipper Eight was revised and renamed Packard Custom Eight again.
The car still had an in-line eight-cylinder engine with side-mounted valves, but now with a displacement of 5,833 cm 3 (bore × stroke = 88.9 mm × 117.5 mm) and an output of 160 bhp (118 kW) at 3,600 rpm.
There were chassis with two wheelbases: 3226 mm and 3759 mm. A 2- or 4-door sedan or a 2-door cabriolet ( Victoria ) with 6 seats each could be ordered on the short chassis . A 4-door sedan or a 4-door Pullman sedan, each with 7 seats, was delivered on the long chassis.
In 1949 the vehicles were stylistically revised. From November 1949 there was a 3-stage automatic transmission ("Ultramatic").
In 1950 the engine increased its output by another 5 bhp and now produced 165 bhp (121 kW). The long wheelbase chassis was omitted.
In 1951 the new Packard 400 replaced this model. In 1948 10,522 Custom Eights were made, in 1949/1950 there were 89,639 pieces together with the sister model Standard Eight.
Web links
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- Beverly R. Kimes (Ed.), Henry A. Clark: The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9 .
- John Gunnel (Ed.): The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X .