Tag: 1937 Packard Super Eight Model 1502 Convertible Sedan

The 1937 Packard Super Eight Convertible Sedan that came up on Bring a Trailer looked less like an auction lot and more like a ghost of American ambition. The photos caught it standing in the sunlight, its long, sweeping fenders polished deep blue, whitewall tires glowing like a grin too wide to hide. Packard called…

“If you’ve got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you’ve got 71 cents left. But if you’ve got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you’ve still got seventeen grand. There’s a math lesson for you.”  That’s what the kid’s grandmother said to him from…