According to a letter to Charles J.

Noto by the late, noted Packard historian, restorer, and Classic Car Club of America co-founder Robert Turnquist, this 840 Custom Eight Phaeton was delivered in Mr.

Turnquist’s hometown of Morristown, New Jersey on 16 September 1930.

Indeed, the car’s original specification was described by Mr.

Turnquist in his book, The Packard Story , and its history is fortunately further borne out by the car’s original vehicle number plate, which remains on the firewall.

Mr.

Turnquist recounted that his records on the Packard picked up in 1958 with the car in the ownership of a Mr.

Fazio in Hillsdale, New Jersey; he included a photograph taken that year, noting that the car was then still in original condition.

The car next appeared in 1970 with Walter Wary of Morristown, who per Mr.

Turnquist sold it to Robert Tuthill.

Next the Packard appeared in the ownership of Rick Littlefield of Bronson, Michigan, from whom Charles J.

Noto acquired it in 1999.

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