Packard low rider

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The headlines for RM Auctions' Hershey sale last week touted the top-selling 1933 Chrysler Model CL Imperial Roadster, which sold for $704,000, including commission. PreWarCar readers, however, possibly are more interested in the unrestored cars. Perhaps the most interesting car at that level was Lot 235, a 1926 Packard Eight Series 236 Sport model. The Sport, body style 246, was a unique phaeton model in the lineup, with four forward-hinged doors and a lower body contour.  Low and lithe, this car is one of three said to survive.

The body is by the Pullman Company of Chicago, better know for railroad sleeping cars. The Sport sat two inches lower than a standard Packard Phaeton. Elegantly patinated,  heavily accessorized and with history from new, it sold for $35,750 with buyer's premium,barely half the estimate. Sometimes restoration fever becomes entirely too rampant, but in this case it looks like the car would really benefit from a full body-off makeover. That's going to make the purchase price look almost insignificant.

(Text & photos Kit Foster)
     

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