To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' The Hershey Auction event, 7 - 8 October 2026.

Offered Without Reserve | $60,000 - $80,000 USD Packard’s marvelous “semi-custom” sports model, among its most memorable post-war creationsOne of 750 built in the inaugural production yearAttractive older restoration in Matador Maroon Metallic Packard was not necessarily known for sporty cars, yet by the early 1950s was experimenting with the very of-the-moment sports car concept, resulting in the striking Pan American show car of 1952.

Alas, with its costly sectioned bodywork and lack of a rear seat, the Pan American was a bit too far afield for the automaker and not greenlit for full production.

It did, however, lead directly to the Packard Caribbean, which used many Pan American styling cues in a more practical package.

Each of these “factory custom” cars was built by Mitchell-Bentley of Ionia, Michigan, which gave them a hood with a prominent full-width scoop, a marked lack o...