The 1934 Packard was the ultimate design statement of the marque’s golden era, and none spoke more loudly than the scarce variations designed by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky and built by LeBaron.

These cars featured the latest in aerodynamics, including sensuously rounded pontoon fenders, curved running boards nearly blended into the body, and tapered tails.

At a time when many designs were gradually adapting streamlined styling over a period of years, the LeBaron Packards jumped in head-on and with both feet, with scarcely a straight edge to be found.

Two of these styles, the runabout speedster and the sport coupe, were built on a unique twelve-cylinder chassis, the 1106, with a shortened 136-inch-wheelbase frame based on the Standard Eight model.

It was the sport coupe that’s styling was truly groundbreaking, with a dramatic fastback roofline that followed Cadillac’s Aerodynamic Coupe show car of 1933, and it entered the market virtually concurrently with the Mercedes-Benz 500 K A...