You know how much we dig old RV’s around here, but this one takes the cake. 1937!? Really? And a Packard? We’d never seen or heard of one until BangShifter Phil Secan sent us a bit of info and some photos of this one. Bought for only $16,000 a few years ago, the owner now has refused $300,000. Now that’s a return on investment considering the little bit of work required to get this thing back up and running in tip top shape.
According to what we’ve heard, the couple that now owns this incredibly rare Packard purchased it about 10 months ago and have been working on it since. It was found in a garage, where it had been stored for many many years.
When it was found, the car was polished and then clearcoated, to seal in the patina and character. Minor engine work was all it took to get it back running right, , and thanks to only 40,000 miles on the clock, it runs virtually mint! Can you imagine driving this thing cross country? It’ fancy as hell inside, and we most certainly love it.
The beautiful condition and sheer originality is this gem’s saving grace as it would stop any buyer putting that heap of crap known as an LS into it!
Stunning and delicious! Love me some Packards anyhow and this IS a gem! Maybe a Packard 352 V8 if more power is needed to be practical but I’ll wager the straight 8 is doing just fine – they make torque by the bushel and I bet it gets the job done.
Thanks for posting this.
Dan
Is this just about the coolest thing in RVdom imaginable ?
Why yes it is . By a long shot !
But is it $300,000 worth of cool ? Not by any reasonable and rational stretch of the imagination
The sad thing about this is that with folks out there being foolish enough to want to pay $300,000 for the RV …. the fact is that it’ll never see the light of an open road again
Coloradokid,every time i see a post from you its always putting something down,man it must really suck to be a positive brain cell in your head fighting with all the negative brain cells(givin you the credit that you have at least 3 brain cells)!!! Try keepin that crap to yourself,i know it will tax those 3 cells,but for the rest of us that enjoy lookin and reading bout things like this,we dont need that shit!
Good god that is beautiful. They sure don’t make ’em like they used to. Elegant styling, especially for an RV, and every little detail in the interior is just perfect! The glass shifter knob is especially classy. Kudos to the owner for putting this piece of rolling history back on the road, and I hope she gets used for many a road trip in the future.
$16,00 was a very reasonable price. Its maybe worth $50,000 because its rare. I’d have to really like it to turn down a ridiculous price like $300,000.
My 16 year-old grandson just told me I need to buy it for him. I don’t think so. I’m sitll to young to be a great granddaddy.
This is possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen. I don’t know why I’m so pumped up over it , IT’S JUST SO DAMN COOL!
there is a very similar vehicle on the website called barnfinds. the story there is that it was a 2 year conversion to convert to the motorhome as seen. ah the stories on the world wide web …. ???
Nice. I though my 1973 Mitchell was about the oldest thing on the road, though I did see a couple of ’60’s units while trapsing around the country last summer.
What a fabulous piece or treasure! I would be really interested to hear if anyone has any history about how and why this vehicle was built. BIG kudos to whoever thought to put this info out here for all of us to enjoy.