A lot when you consider Joe schmo manufacture worker made$ 1300 a year, blowing two years salary for a car isn't gona happen for common labor.

Nice looking ride tho.

A doctor or a lawyer or a banker's car.

Hubley made models of several during the early 1960s.

I very much am enjoying the flawless chrome and glass! Thank you for sharing. ^__^

Oh, my great fang, now that is a beauty of grace & detail art style.
"I'm so... tempted to lick, hush now, it's a canine thing"
Thank you, Arctos.

Now that's a grill.

my sentiments exactly...

V.

The height of Grand Classic-era artistry. The grillework alone is hypnotically elaborate. Not to mention, the coupe roadster was one of Packard's more rakishly sporty styles. This one's also a nice light two-tone colour scheme that would have really stood out at a time when the majority of cars were still in fairly dark, sober livery. Whoever owned this car in 1932 was no shrinking violet -- they wanted to be noticed!

In this car's day, Packard was the unquestioned luxury car in America, and in the UK and Europe many held the marque in the same esteem as their own finest cars. To the "old money" in the US, a Rolls-Royce was an old-world eccentric's conveyance and a Duesenberg was a vulgar extravagance, while a Cadillac was a car for the nouveau riche. To these people, the Duesenberg's superior performance and the Cadillac's superior refinement were less important than the image such cars are supposed to have. Technologically, Packard may not have been the gold standard, but sociologically it was when this car was built.