1929 Packard Eight Convertible Coupe
The Sixth Series Packard convertible coupe sits at the sporting end of the 1929 catalog. Close-coupled two-door construction paired landau irons and a folding soft top with roll-up side windows, a crank-out windshield, and a rear rumble seat (a combination that gave buyers an open car with more weather protection than a pure roadster).
Packard launched the Sixth Series on August 1, 1928, the first year the entire lineup ran straight-eights (the six-cylinder was retired after the Fifth Series).
Standard Eight models (the 626 and 633) carried the 319.2 CI engine at 90 hp on 126.5- and 133.5-inch wheelbases; the Custom Eight (640) stepped up to the 384.8 CI unit producing 105 hp on its 140.5-inch chassis.
All Sixth Series cars received chrome-plated brightwork and large oval-backed headlamps (a one-year-only design), along with a dashboard temperature gauge in place of the old radiator-cap Moto-Meter.
Standard Eight convertible coupes were priced from $2,430 (the Custom Eight commanded more), at a time when a new Ford Model A sold for about $435. Packard’s combined Sixth Series production reached 55,062 units, the marque’s strongest year to that point.
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