Camera Talk

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

Booo-ti-foool......

No mistaking a Packard! Nice catch.

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.

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.

PFMcFarland wrote: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.

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

OpenWater wrote:Sure, it is elegant but did it have cup holders?

Were there cups?

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

PF

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