One thing the Packards of the thirties and early 1940s could never be accused of was being slave to fashion , but a notable exception is the 1940 Packard One Twenty . Even as the public increasingly begin to perceive styling novelty as a sign of automotive progress , Packard changed more gradually .
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It preferred for the erect lines and celebrated " ox - link " vertical radiator grille of itscarsto suggest commitment to substance over panache . Still , while outward changes were slow to amount to Packard automobiles , they did come nonetheless .
The 1940 One Twenty incorporates several nods to changing automotive fashion , plus a new – and finally rare – organic structure vogue . It also contain a number of engineering shade .
The unmistakable Packard expression was subtly altered for 1940 with small side grilles , a styling soupcon that was already being used on other cars to make them appear wider when viewed from the front .
Also , headlight fuel pod now repose on the front - pilot " catwalk , " a step toward the eventual integration of the lamp into the fenders that would take position in 1941 . Then , too , those headlight pod were now filled with brighter seal - beam lamps . Parking lights were shifted to slight nacelles atop the fenders .
The four - door club sedan was fresh to the Packard lineup in 1940 . compare to the touring saloon , the guild version boast blank upper rear fourth part and a rounded tracking edge to the upper portion of the rearward door .
The flair was restricted to the One Twenty and Super Eight One Sixty series . ( As a One Twenty , it was available in stand trim and , for an extra $ 50 , in a new Deluxe subseries with plusher upholstery . )
The One Twenty was the eight - cylinder appendage of Packard ’s " third-year " serial . For 1940 , it was power by a 282 - Criminal Investigation Command inline L - head locomotive engine . As in recent old age , it made 120 bhp , but peakhorsepowernow came at 3,600 revolutions per minute alternatively of 3,800 rotation . Overdrive had been available with the three - speedmanual contagion , but for 1940 , it was a new electric Warner Gear unit of measurement .
The restored nightclub sedan realise here belongs to Carmi Standish , of Long Beach , California . Its complement of supplement admit a cigar lighter , heater , three-fold - sidemount spares , whitewalltires , and overdrive .
Though exact fashion model production figures are n’t available , the automobile is a infrequency among pre - worldwide War II Packards . The club sedan vogue was give rise only in 1940 .
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