1935 Packard Twelve Coupe Roadster

For 1935 Packard refined its flagship Twelve motor by adding aluminum heads and increased stroke (4.25 inches), which increased horsepower to 175. Displacement was 473 cubic inches. The brakes were mechanical, but with a vacuum assist.

Sixteen body styles were available on the Twelve chassis, including this sporty coupe roadster. However, only 788 Twelves were built in 1935, as the production of luxury automobiles continued to decline.

In 1935 Packard introduced the medium priced 120 series, a small, eight-cylinder car whose sales hit 24,995 making it, by far, the most popular Packard series available for 1935. (Standard Eight sales hit 4,781 and Super Eight sales were 1,392).

This 1934 Packard Convertible Victoria is fitted with a custom body built by Ray Dietrich on a 142-inch wheelbase chassis. It has been treated to a full, professional restoration and has previously won a First in Class award at Pebble Beach. This 1935 Packard V-12 Coupe Roadster was originally purchased by Marland Woolnough of Toronto, founder of National Grocers in Canada. It spent a short time in England at the end of the 1950s before returning to Canada in the 1960s, then traveling to the United States where it was restored in 1990. It has returned again to Canada with its current owner. The complete ownership is known and documented since new. It is one of only six V12 coupe roadsters known to exist and the only one to have a rear-mounted spare tire and trunk.