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1930 Packard 745 Roadster

This 1930 Packard 745 Roadster comes from very long ownership, with provenance to Fred and Carol Mauck and Harold Crosby before the Maucks.  It carries CCCA Senior badge from 1973.  Fred and Carol maintained the car beautifully, and it looks great and drives exactly like it’s supposed to.

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The very definition of a sporting Classic Packard – a 2 passenger body on the longest available wheelbase, with the big 385 cubic inch super 8  engine and 6 wire wheels ! Spectacular!

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The 745 had the big headlights with green cat-eye reflectors on the headlight shell, as well as the triangular base for the radiator cap. Obviously the wheelbase was long, at 145 inches, with the additional length all in the hood!

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Note the stoneshield and initials badge mounted to the headlight bar.

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It couldn’t be any prettier!

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I especially like the chrome wires and hub with the painted rims.

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Beautiful!

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Gorgeous!

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Wow!

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CCCA first place trophy winner – in 1973 !

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Another great feature of this car – a rumbleseat!

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Beautiful driving compartment – fresh leather, beautiful dashboard, and lovely steering wheel.

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Correct firewall pad, correct wiring, and beautiful – and accurate – finish on the dashboard.

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Very Pretty indeed! note the correct butterscotch colored knobs, the correct ignition switch mounted to the coil behind the dashboard (there’s no key bezel, because the ignition switch is supported from behind by the coil mount) and the cigar lighter.

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Beautiful and correct steering wheel.

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the gauges work and register properly, except for the speedometer and liquid fuel gauge.

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There is the powerful 385 cubic inch straight eight. It runs great, and is enjoyable to drive.

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Correct colors and finishes.  Note the Bijur chassis lubricator, the purolator oil filter, and Sparton horn. Also note the fan shroud – that was how Packard took up the additional 5 inches of space between the engine and the radiator caused by the 145 inch chassis versus the 140 inch chassis.

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Here’s the manifold side – with proper Detroit Lubricator carburetor, and North East distributor.   Fred and Carol Drove – and maintained – their car, so it’s not surprising to see some porcelain chipped from the manifold.  This car does run sweetly, that’s for sure.

  The history trail of this car really ends with Harold Crosby, who did the original restoration in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. We are not able to know  any earlier history on the car.

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It’s a spectacular car, it’s been to the right shows, and it has an illustrious ownership history !

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