This 1938 Super 8 Touring Sedan (left), carried a Packard straight-8, L-head engine displacing 320 cubic inches and developing 130 horsepower. Asking price for a new Super 8 Touring Sedan in 1938 was $2,790. The chrome disk wheels were a $20.00 option. The fog light could be had for less than $7, the bumper gaurds for less than $3, and the Pelican hood ornament for $10.

Belonging to the Twentieth Series of Packards, this Custom Clipper Touring Sedan (right) is believed to be from 1947, though the styling dates from pre-WWII. Packard was in the midst of failure after the war and their offerings did little to gain public enthusiasm. Packard was not alone, Hudson, Hupmobile, Duesenberg, DeSoto, Cord, Pierce-Arrow, and more, succumbed to devastating financial times between the Depression and the close of WWII.

Available as optional equipment on the Twentieth Series automobiles were such novelties as turn signals (shown above, right, and styled into the grill), Electromatic transmission, radio, vacuum radio ariel, heater, and air conditioning.