Packard Single Eight

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Packard Single Eight is the name of an 8-cylinder automobile which the Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit presented in the 1924 model year. It was built as Eight until 1927 and replaced the Packard Twin Six with a V12 engine.

The Single Eight had an in-line eight-cylinder engine with side-mounted valves, mechanical tappets, 5,863 cm³ (357.8 cui; bore × stroke (mm) = 85.7 × 127), compression of 4.51: 1 and made 85 bhp (62 , 5 kW) at 3,000 rpm. It already had a special feature of all Packard in-line eight-cylinder engines for use in the most expensive models: a crankshaft with nine (instead of five) bearings for even smoother running. In addition, the front of the crankshaft was fitted with a Lanchester vibration damper. The engine was developed from the new six-cylinder Single Six introduced in 1921 , the engine block of which was lengthened by two cylinders. A special carburetor of our own design and an intake manifold heater, called " fuelizer ", was used. The engine was connected to the chassis at four points. The engine power was passed on to a manual three-speed gearbox via a nine-plate oil bath clutch and from there to the rear wheels. For the first time in a Packard and in one of the very first US automobiles, the mechanically operated brakes acted on all four wheels. The chassis received a Watson stabilizer at the rear and front. An air pump was attached to the gearbox to inflate the tires. The standard equipment also included rear and front bumpers, disc wheels (just come into fashion), motometer (thermometer mounted on the grille), interior mirrors and a single, manually operated wiper for the horizontally split windshield.

The Single Eight was available on chassis with a 3454 mm (136 inch) or 3632 mm (143 inch) wheelbase. As with the previous model, a number of open and closed bodies with 2 to 7 seats were available from the factory, the latter on the long chassis. The standard catalog comprised ten bodies with prices between US $ 3650 and US $ 4950, but special bodies according to individual customer requirements, manufactured by other body manufacturers, were easily possible.

The models were designated according to their wheelbases in inches, i.e. models 136 and 143. Together with the Single Six model from 1921–1923, they formed the 1st series, a numbering that, with interruptions, continued in a similar form until 1953 (26 . Series) was continued.

Sales officially started on June 14, 1923. By the introduction of the successor Packard Eight on February 2, 1925, a total of 8,401 Single Eights had been created (other sources cite 3507 specimens with a short and 4894 with a long wheelbase).

The Packard Single Eight has the status of a Full Classic of the Classic Car Club of America.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ " Full Classic ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. (PDF file; 796 kB ) " @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.classiccarclub.org
  2. ^ Classic Car Club of America

Web links

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes et al .: Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola WI 1985, ISBN 0-87341-111-0 .
  • George H. Dammann, James A. Wren: Packard. Motorbooks International, Osceola WI 1996, ISBN 0-7603-0104-2 .