1937 Packard Super Eight Touring Sedan (restomod)
- Engine
- Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8, custom camshaft, approximately 560 bhp at the rear wheels, paired with four-speed Hydramatic transmission
- Colour
- Black
A 1937 Packard Fifteenth Series Super Eight Touring Sedan, one of just 5,793 built that model year, which has been transformed into a high-performance resto-mod while retaining its pre-war visual character. Beneath the stock-appearing bodywork — black paint, whitewall tyres, wire wheels, and period accessories — lies a Chevrolet LS3 V-8 with a custom camshaft estimated to produce 560 horsepower at the rear wheels, mated to a four-speed Hydramatic transmission and supported by power steering and front disc brakes.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold US$109,200
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Modification
Comprehensive resto-mod build incorporating a Chevrolet LS3 V-8 (376 cubic inches) with a custom camshaft producing an estimated 560 rear-wheel horsepower, a four-speed Hydramatic transmission, power steering, and front disc brakes. Interior was refitted with red leather, updated instrumentation, air conditioning, a billet steering column with banjo-style wheel, and a concealed Pioneer audio system.
Exterior presentation was deliberately kept period-correct with whitewall tyres on wire wheels, chrome trim, dual side-mounted spare covers, a rear luggage rack, Trippe Speedlight auxiliary lamps, and a radiator mascot.
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