1929 Packard 640 Custom Eight Roadster

The Runabout style was a two-passenger open design with close-coupled bodywork and a relatively low windshield. This particular Packard 640 Custom Eight Roadster has a three-tone color scheme with prominent beltline molding and elaborate striping. It was sold new on June 7, 1929, by the Parker-Harris Company of Memphis, Tennessee. A recent restoration was completed with its bright, tawny orange and white paint scheme with brown leather upholstery and tan canvas top. It has accumulated 725 miles since the work was completed.

This Packard was shown in Antique Automobile Club of America competition in 1986, where it achieved its Senior First Prize for owner Harry T. Douglas of Connecticut. Since its acquisition by the Gateway Automobile Museum from an owner in Pennsylvania in the summer of 2003, it has received cosmetic care.

This Packard has a Packard-badged trunk, dual spotlights, senior Trippe lights, a radiator stone guard, Spartan horn, disc wheels, side-mounted spares secured by Oak tire locks and with chrome metal covers and mirrors, cast aluminum toe boards, and marbled horn button and gearshift knob.

By Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2023