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Here’s a beautiful Packard 160 Super 8 Club Coupe – it’s a factory 4 passenger car, with a rear seat for your friends! And of course it’s a CCCA Full Classic, so it is welcome at all the CCCA shows and tours, as well as AACA, and the Packard Club. Offered by The Vault Classic Cars dealership, Fullerton, CA. 714-401-1047

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It has the big powerful 356 straight 8 engine,  working factory Overdrive, Radio, Packard Heater ( Important since it was sold new in Idaho!)  Luggage rack, twin sidemounts, Glass Winged Goddess of Speed mascot, Packard driving lamps, backup lamp, fenderskirts, and the piece de resistance, a Packard locking gas cap!

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It’s finished in the factory Packard color, Inverness green, a nice medium metallic green.  Henry Ford did not work at Packard, and they did not all have to be black!  If you stepped up to a Super 8 Packard you had your choice of a rich color palette.

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A great profile.

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And bumperguards too!

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Pretty!

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Love the Goddess of Speed – with the glass wing and speed lines!

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Packard Road – Fog lamps!

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Here’s the passenger side, with the dual sidemounts showing.

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Very streamlined.  Which is handy at the freeway speeds, courtesy of 160 Horsepower and overdrive.

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Very, very nice.

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This is a very , very nice car, although it’s not a show car, there are some rock chips and paint flaws that would cost points at a national event. The chrome is very nice, but there are a few spots that show some chrome blushing, particularly on the hood side louvers.

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The optional luggage rack made it necessary to use the Bullet style tail lights carried over from 1939 so the tail lights would be visible when a trunk was mounted.  A non-luggage rack car would have had the more usual 1940 style  tail light.

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there’s the back up light.

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The dashboard is very nice, with excellent plastic and nice woodgraining.  We can see the heater down below, as well as the radio speaker towards the right.

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The upholstery is done in leather, a correct choice for the coupes, you could have had either cloth or leather. This interior is nicely done, with just a bit of age showing on the driver’s seat back.

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Nice doorpanel.

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The club coupe had a back seat – the business coupe did not.  This is a club coupe.

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The 1375 number shown here on the firewall tag tells us this was a Club Coupe 160.  This is the original firewall tag.

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More of the rear seat. There’s a blemish on the sidepanel.

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Good view of radio speaker and heater.

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Nice dash and gauges. The Speedometer, gas gauge and amp meter work great, the Temp and Oil guages have been bypassed for an under-dash unit, which works fine. Good for touring.

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The runningboards are excellent, with nice, live rubber and the proper ribbed chrome accent pieces.  And the step plates are nice too!

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Nice headliner.

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This very nice 1940 senior steering wheel is being included, since the unit on the car is from ’41.

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Nicely trimmed trunk. Where’s the spare tire?  Sidemounts!

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Clean!

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There’s the 356 Straight 8 . It runs beautifully, nice and smooth, all the power it’s supposed to have, and it’s the original engine too as we’ll see from examining the engine number

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C5 is the proper number for the 1940 Packard Super 8 160 Engine.  Packard didn’t match the engine and chassis number, so the C5 is our identifier, and it is referenced in “The Packard Story” by Turnquist.

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the wiring was redone in the proper cloth backed loom.

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Manifold side. Proper carburetor.

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The Packard 356 was famous for a reason – it made lots of power, lots of torque, and was – and is – extremely smooth in operation.

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A perfect car for tours and events!

Offered by the Vault Classic Cars Dealership, Fullerton, CA, call us at 714-401-1047

 International customers are welcome to buy! We’ve sent many cars overseas.

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Sold AS-IS, with NO WARRANTY. Delivery F.O.B. Fullerton, CA.  This car is sold Mileage exempt, meaning it’s not possible to know the original mileage.  It is the buyer’s responsibility to either inspect the car in person or enlist the services of an inspector prior to sale.  The car may have minor or major flaws that are not evident in the photos and description.  Federally required “buyer’s guide”,  marked AS-IS, NO WARRANTY is incorporated in this contract by reference.  CONDITIONS OF SALE, 4 PAGES, are incorporated in this contract by reference.  Buyer must provide seller with a copy of government-issued identification such as a driver’s license or Passport.  Funds must come from the person shown on the identification, not a third party. .

We are happy to work with legitimate overseas buyers, and we can assist with getting the car shipped to most international ports. Shipping is at buyers expense, the car is sold FOB Anaheim, CA. There is an additional $200 cost to flatbed the car to any  freight forwarder in the Los Angeles, CA area.  Call us during Pacific Daylight Business hours at 714-401-1047.

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