Jul 14

Ice Cream Social

Yesterday, we had the National Packard Club stop by an ice cream social. A good time for all.

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Jul 14, 2026

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· Jul 14

I was there with my son in law. Great turn out and Tom and crew did a great job of getting everything cleanup and ready for visitors. Here are the cars parked out in front.

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· Jul 14

There were a lot of cool Packards that showed up but the coolest one to me was Frank Wemple's 34 3 window Super Eight. I love these more than the coupe roadster and there are much fewer.

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· Jul 14

Love the low roofline.

· Jul 15

34 is the only year where Packard used that low roofline on the coupe.

· Jul 14

More cars.

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· Jul 14

Original Vanderbilt Packard sitting in the back of the building.

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· Jul 15

Is this an 8 or a 12 cylinder car?

· Jul 15

I believe a standard eight which is interesting given the custom body and the original owner.

· Jul 14

Really nice 34 Super Eight Club Sedan.

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· Jul 14

I always liked these business coupes. Would have loved this in HS instead of my 2 door sedan.

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· Jul 15

It looks like that was a fun event. I’ve enjoyed seeing some of the great offerings you’ve had over the years Tom and hope our paths cross at some point. AJ, thanks for the photos. I always enjoy seeing the different facilities people have in the hobby. We are retiring and leaving Illinois, and I have the problem/opportunity to establish a new home for my hobby (cars and memorabilia). I always get great ideas looking at what other people have done.

· Jul 15

Last of my photos.

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· Jul 15

A friend sent this from the show. On my list of ultimate pre-war packards. A 745 with Derham body. If you are from New England and old enough, you’ll remember this as Shelly Vincent’s car.

· Jul 15

That is a great car, I’ve never seen it before. Has it spent its life on the East Coast?

· Jul 16

Believe it is still in the North East somewhere but I don't know for sure.

· Jul 16

Same body on an SV16 Stutz. Also put on Lincoln, Duesenberg and 845 Packard. I have a drawing of it on a J8-90 Stearns Knight chassis but none were built to my knowledge.

· Jul 16

Ok, so please educate me.
As you said, it's the same body but are they similar enough that the body could be taken from one make and installed on another or did they just appear the same but were actually very different underneath?

· Jul 16

Typically the wheelbases needed to be the same for the bodies to work without too much modification. So in the case of the Stutz and the Packard 745 they are both 145" wheelbases. The bodies would be identical but the cowls would need to be different to accommodate the factory hoods of the manufacturer. Also, the chassis rails would need to accommodate the different chassis so slightly different. These were expensive and labor was cheap so making slightly different variations of the same thing was not a big deal.

· Jul 16

Thank you!

· Jul 16

845 Packard with double rear mount. Same body though. Hood is shorter than the 745 by 5".