With WWII raging, this is one of the rare Packards that snuck out the factory door before the United State's need for automotive factory military retooling. This 1942 Packard Eight convertible is a sight to behold.
As with all other U.S. vehicle manufacturers, Packard automobile production for the 1942 model year was curtailed due to the war effort. Before all production ceased following the United States' entry into World War II in December 1941, Packard managed to produce just 19,199 Eight models in six body styles: a business coupe, club sedan and touring sedan in the Special Eight series; a club sedan and touring sedan in the Custom Eight series; and a convertible coupe in the simply named Eight series. By Feb. 11, 1942, all automobile production took a back seat to war production as Packard and all other American automobile manufacturers joined the war effort by offering their knowledge, resources and industrialized mass production techniques to producing military vehicles and armaments. Twentieth Series Packard production—which were the company's 1942 models—began in August 1941, and by the time the last Twentieth Series Packard rolled off the line in February, some 11,325 Packard Six models, 19,199 Packard Eight models, 2,580 Super Eight One-Sixty and just 672 Super Eight One-Eighty models had been built for a total of 33,776 Twentieth Series Packards.
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