1926 Packard Eight Roadster

This custom roadster was built for the New York Auto Salon in 1926 by Rollston of New York. Rollston Company was an American coachbuilder which produced luxury automobile bodies during the 1920s and 1930s. They are readily acknowledged to be of the very best quality.

Built on the 143-inch wheelbase, this roadster is quite beautiful with a long low look (factory roadsters were only built on the shorter 136-inch chassis.) Most of the trim and hardware are German silver. It sports Buffalo wire wheels, dual rear-mounted spares, Carl Zeiss lamps, and a hood ornament by the French Artist Francois Bazin.

The 243 series cars were equipped with a straight-eight cast iron block engine displacing 357.8 cubic engines which generated 85 horsepower. Even though the Series 243s weighed, on average 4000 pounds, they could achieve speeds as high as 80 miles per hour.

By Daniel Vaughan | May 2021