1948 Packard Custom Eight Victoria Convertible Coupe

The 22nd Series of 1948 was Packard's first new postwar model, freshening its pre-war vintage design with a new lower body structure and aerodynamically shaped, flowing fenders and streamlined designs. The public strongly agreed with the updated look and nearly 90,000 Packards were sold in 1948. Of those, just 1,105 examples were the Custom Eight Convertible Victoria which wore unique front-end sheet metal, an egg-crate grille, and double-bar rocker panel moldings.

This particular example was delivered new to the J.P. Mooney Company of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, on December 10th of 1947. Much of its subsequent history is not known, but it eventually made its way to a caretaker in Florida, from which it was acquired by Charles Gillet via his longtime advisor Al Prueitt of Al Prueitt and Sons in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania. At the time, the car was restored and was one of the few restored automobiles acquired by Mr. Gillet.

In 2006 the car received a Preservation Award.

The Packard is finished in metallic Agate Blue and is fitted with an optional Electromatic Vacuum Clutch and a period-correct Edmunds cylinder head and intake manifold, with dual two-barrel carburetors.

By Daniel Vaughan | Feb 2022