1937 Packard Super Eight Coupe on Nicca-III S

[PFMcFarland]

I went to the Kiwanis pancake breakfast on the 20th of May, and in the parking lot was this gorgeous Packard coupe. Grabbed a few snaps on my way in, then realized I had forgotten to get any of the rear. Unfortunately, the car was gone when I came back out. But trust me, it is a ’37 Super Eight Coupe.

I was shooting these without the aux finder, so I made sure to frame them a bit tighter than normal so there wouldn’t be much cropping to do.

Nicca-III S, W-Nikkor C 1:3.5 f=3.5cm, Ilford Delta 100

Sitting next to a KIA sedan of more recent vintage.


Old and New by P F McFarland, on Flickr



Its best angle.


Right Front Quarter by P F McFarland, on Flickr



How’d you like to see that coming up in the mirror of your Fiat 500?


Head On by P F McFarland, on Flickr



These originally came with the wide white sidewalls, but I think it looks better with the solid black ones.


Left Front Quarter by P F McFarland, on Flickr


PF

[GrahamS]

Booo-ti-foool......

[jamesmck]

No mistaking a Packard! Nice catch.

[Julio1fer]

Nice machine, well taken opportunity. I would not know about the white band, but this looks like a well-kept car.

Is it an 8-cylinder in-line? The hood looks long enough.

[GrahamS]

The Super 8 engine was an in-line eight cylinder 5244 cc | 320.0 cu in. | 5.2 L.
135 HP (99.36 KW)
Bore : 3.2 in | 81 mm.
Stroke : 5.0 in | 127 mm.

[BillyBob]

These originally came with the wide white sidewalls, but I think it looks better with the solid black ones.PF

Most definitely.

Beautiful car. So much more class than many of the everyday $120K luxury sedans.

[OpenWater]

Sure, it is elegant but did it have cup holders?

[GrahamS]

Sure, it is elegant but did it have cup holders?

Were there cups?

[PFMcFarland]

Our '48 Packard Limo had little tables that folded out from the back of the front seat for those in the jump seats.

PF

[OpenWater]

Perfect for the Grey Poupon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwOCOm9Z0YE