Body: Dietrich Individual Convertible

Victoria 1879

Serial number: 188775

8th Series

French collection title



The presented model was delivered to the coachbuilder Dietrich.

Dietrich’s name is often linked to Packard bodies in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Raymond Henri Dietrich began his career as an apprentice at Bewster and then founded LeBaron with his friend Thomas Hibbard.

He then left his company in 1925 to found his own company in Detroit.

At that time, a newly formed company of several independent coachbuilders was created, which counted Lincoln and Packard among their best customers.

Edsel Ford tried to persuade Dietrich to join this group, but soon after Packard became his biggest customer.

At first, these early models looked like what he was doing for LeBaron.

Then he developed new ideas in convertible bodywork which would become most of his work.

Our model is a magnificent Victoria Convertible which takes up the initialized design on a model 633 chassis.

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