{"id":5885,"date":"2019-08-30T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T10:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letocar.com\/?p=5885"},"modified":"2019-08-30T13:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T11:33:56","slug":"packard-deluxe-eight-roadster-422-1930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letocar.com\/en\/packard-deluxe-eight-roadster-422-1930\/","title":{"rendered":"Packard Deluxe Eight Roadster – 422 (1930)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Packard De Luxe Eight Roadster is a 2 door roadster-bodied car with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels. It forms part of Packard’s 745 model range. It is powered by a naturally aspirated engine of 6.3 litre capacity. This unit features side valve valve gear, 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. Power is transmitted to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox. Claimed weight is 2130 kg.<\/p>\n

Wheelbases remained the same for the larger Packards this year, but a four-speed transmission was new and a 4.69:1 rear axle ratio was available. <\/p>\n

The carburetor was a Detroit updraft, and twin fan belts were fitted. A vacuum booster pump was added mid-year. All windows were now Non-shatter laminated glass, there was a glove compartment on each side of the dashboard, and both the driver’s seat and the steering wheel were adjustable. Parking lamps were now fender-mounted, and headlamps changed from their former parabolic look for one resembling half a cantalope. Dual mounted spares were standard on the 745, an option on the 740. <\/p>\n

1,789 units of this model were manufactured at a price of $4,585.<\/p>\n

Fifteen designs were offered in the Individual Custom line: six from LeBaron, five from Brewster, and two each from Rollston and Dietrich.<\/p>\n

Photo: 2006 Bay State Antique Automobile Club Vintage show – Stephen Foskett (Wikipedia User: sfoskett) [CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>], via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: packardinfo<\/a><\/p>\n