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PackardSuperEight-S

SPECIFICATION
Engine:
Straight eight; 88.9 x 127 mm, 6305 cc; side-valve; max power 145 bhp at 3,200 rpm

Transmission:
Four speed manual gearbox.

Suspension:
Front; beam axle, semi-eliptic springs and shock obsorbers; rear; live axle semi-eliptic springs and shock absorbers

Brakes:
Drum brakes

Dimensions:
Wheelbase: 135 in (343 cm);
Track: Front and Rear: 59 in (150 cm)

Max speed:
Approx 93 mph (150 kmh)
Packard Super Eight 1933/36



A super eight was introduced into Packards well established range in 1933, and ran with 320 and 385 CID engines untill 1936. The 320 engine came from the unsuccessful Light Eight, which had been developed as an inexpensive Packard in the early1930s

Varied bodies

The Super Eight, built on a pressed steel frame, was a substantial car, and for the first time on a Packard servo-assisted brakes were fitted. The bodies were imposing behind the traditional Packard nose, with a standard four door, five seat model on the shorter of two wheelbases, and several versions on a 142 in/360 cm wheelbase; seven-seater limousine, two door roadsters and four door convertables.

Handsome cars

During the first model year 512 of the short, and 788 of the long wheelbase cars were made. The best Super Eight year in production terms was 1934 with 1,900 built. Then it was over-shadowed by the 120, a lower priced Packard built in much greater numbers. Specialist coachbuilders and Packard used the Super Eight to produce "custom cars". These were handsome cars, matching the Packard image that was to fade in the late 1930s

A long wheelbase Club Sedan of 1934, a particularly handsome repersentative of the Super Eights of the min-1930s

Photo Autopresse
MCMXCI, Edito-Service S.A. D1 078 01-11

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