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£115,995
1930 Packard 734 Speedster Runabout
United States • 30 Jul 2011
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AI Listing Summary
This is a 1930 Packard 734 Speedster Runabout, offered from an important private collection. It features a boattail Speedster style with a quality older restoration, finished in a lovely combination of two-tone red with a tan top and tan leather interior.
Condition
8
The car has benefited from a high-point, full professional body-off restoration, right down to the outstanding engine compartment. Although the restoration was completed some years ago, the quality remains excellent. Underhood detailing is superb and shows little or no evidence of road use since restoration, which corroborates the 30 miles showing on the odometer. However, the car has been treated to climate-controlled storage but has seen little exercise in recent years and will require thorough professional inspection before being driven.
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Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
184089
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
Reg Number:
[Reg Number]
RHD/LHD:
LHD
125 bhp, 384.8 cu.
in.
L-head eight-cylinder engine, solid front axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel mechanical brakes.
Wheelbase: 134.5" - Offered from an important private collection - Coveted boattail Speedster style - Quality older restoration The Packard Speedster was the brainchild of chief engineer Jesse Vincent.
The first car, a boattailed roadster, was built by shortening and narrowing a runabout body and fitting it to a 126.5-inch wheelbase, 626 Standard Eight chassis.
The engine was a 384.8-cubic inch Custom Eight unit, fitted with a high-compression head and high-lift camshaft to produce 130 bhp.
Fenders, windshield, bumpers and lamps were removed or modified, lightening the car by 500 pounds.
A production version was introduced in February 1929, first as a rumble-seat Roadster, later including a four-passenger Phaeton and a Sedan.
Speedsters sold for around $5,000, about twice as much as a Standard Ei...
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£334,964
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£1,214,370
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£1,367,150
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