$20,000
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Transmission:
Manual
Condition:
Used
Engine Size:
4.6L
Color:
Beige
Engine Size:
4.6L
Category:
Car
Description
This 1940 Packard 120 Club Coupe is finished in tan over brown leather and equipped with a heater, driving lamps, a spotlight, turn indicators, a backup light, and an auxiliary electric fuel pump. Power is supplied by a 282ci straight-eight mated to a three-speed manual transmission. The car is said to have spent time in Florida and Texas before being acquired by the seller in 2015. Subsequent service included refreshing the brakes and the ignition system, installing…
This 1940 Packard 120 Club Coupe is finished in tan over brown leather and equipped with a heater, driving lamps, a spotlight, turn indicators, a backup light, and an auxiliary electric fuel pump. Power is supplied by a 282ci straight-eight mated to a three-speed manual transmission. The car is said to have spent time in Florida and Texas before being acquired by the seller in 2015. Subsequent service included refreshing the brakes and the ignition system, installing an electric fuel pump, and rebuilding the carburetor, the starter, and the front end as well as replacing the mechanical fuel pump, the fuel filter, the oil-pan gasket, and the tires.
The body reportedly was refinished during the 1980s in a late-1940s Packard shade of Egyptian Sand lacquer. Exterior features include a chrome-and-glass “Goddess of Speed” mascot, a bumper-top grille guard, rear overriders, running boards with black rubber mats, door-mounted side mirrors, a split rear window, and rear side windows that rotate open and closed. A side-mounted antenna on the left and a cowl-mounted spotlight on the right—along with driving lamps, indicator lights, and a backup light—were added by the previous owner.
Steel 16″ wheels are finished in red with lighter red pinstriping and fitted with branded chrome hubcaps, stainless-steel trim rings, and Diamond Back whitewall radial tires that were mounted in 2016; a spare is stowed beneath a shelf in the trunk. The upper control-arm bushings, the lower inner control-arm bushings, and the kingpins were replaced in 2016. A refresh of the brakes that same year included replacement of all four shoes and wheel cylinders, the hydraulic hoses, and the rear lines. The seller notes that one tire shows a wear pattern caused by a misalignment that has since been corrected.
The bench seats are trimmed in reconditioned brown leather with matching door panels and carpeting. Amenities include a full rear seat in place of the individual auxiliary seats more common to Club Coupes and a Packard Super Deluxe heater mounted beneath the dash. The seller notes six holes 1/8″ or less in the brown felt headliner.
A banjo-style steering wheel equipped with a horn ring fronts a woodgrain-printed metal dashboard that was repainted under previous ownership. Instrumentation consists of a 100-mph speedometer flanked by auxiliary gauges and mirrored on the right by a clock that has been converted to run on AA batteries. The five-digit odometer shows 83k miles.
The 282ci L-head straight-eight came equipped with a Stromberg EE-16 two-barrel carburetor and was rated at 120 horsepower at 3,600 rpm when new. Service under current ownership included rebuilding the carburetor and the starter, installing a switch-activated auxiliary fuel pump, and changing the oil, along with replacing the distributor cap, rotor, and condenser, the mechanical fuel pump, the solenoid, the spark plugs, the plug wires, and the oil-pan gasket. A replacement radiator and cylinder-head gasket are said to have been installed during prior ownership.
Power is sent to the rear wheels through a column-shifted three-speed manual transmission that reportedly was refurbished under previous ownership.
- 83k Miles Shown, TMU
- 282ci Straight-Eight
- 3-Speed Manual Transmission
- Egyptian Sand Finish
- Brown Leather Upholstery
- Heater/Defroster
- Driving Lamps
- Spotlight
- Backup Light
- Grille Guard & Overriders
- Diamond Back Whitewall Tires
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$20,000
Make:
Packard
Model:
120 Model 1801 Club Coupe
Category:
Car
Transmission:
Manual
Condition:
Used
Year:
1940
Mileage:
83,000 miles
Fuel Type:
Gasoline
Engine Size:
4.6L
Color:
Beige
Offer ID #32670
