Beautiful! My grandfather had one of these and my father smashed into a phone poll when he was a kid. He never heard the end of it

Thank you for showing this beautiful Packard to all of us. I’m a big fan of the brand. When I was seventeen in 1978 my parents brought me to an antique automobile show and I saw this exact model and was knocked out by the quality. There was a doctor who operated an office down the road from our house who had a Mercedes 450 SEL and a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow that he’d drive GTO work but when I saw the quality of this Packard it seemed otherworldly. I think the greatest loss to the American automotive industry was Packard followed by Hudson.

Beautiful example of a homely car.

Gorgeous Packard! My great uncle had one when I was a little guy, I'm 74 now! His was a custom with all the bells and whistles of the day. Hearing that straight 8 run was a great!

Luv those old Packards! ... When I was a kid, my Dad had a 1952 Packard 200 Sedan ... What a tank! ...... The back seat area was huge! There was room for myself and my 4 cousins to sit in the back seat when Mum and Dad took us up to the lake. (Black, vertical, divided tailights, 3 triangle-shaped badges on the side, open/no chrome "teeth" in front grille, gray "Mohair" uplostery -- very itchy on bare skin) Thank you for sharing. Subscribed

My uncle was one of the vice presidents of Packard. Got a new one every year bb

BEAUTIFUL...

Gorgeous. I drove a 1948 Custom 8 from 1981 to 2000. The Packard name plates on hood and trunk do not belong. The Custom 8 had no name ID on the exterior. The advertising campaign for the Custom 8 was, "One Guess What Name It Bares." Simple fix. Remove and repaint and that's if for an original exterior. Thanks for sharing.

Such perfect design work, so much work went in to the design of these cars!

Nice video Doug! I have always loved Packards!! Several years ago I owned a 1950 23rd Series Custom Super 8 with the first year Ultramatic automatic transmission. Packard actually used a series designation instead of the year of the car. Your car is a 22nd Series. From late 1947 to 1949, Packard had the 22nd Series and then mid year 1949 the 23rd Series came out which ran into the 1950 model year. These are fantastic cars!! The Custom Super 8 motor is a 356 cubic inch with a 9 main bearing crankshaft. These are wonderful cars and there is nothing smoother than a straight 8 motor! You should have shown the headliner. The Custom Super 8's had what was called the 'Zeppelin' headliner where the headliner bows run front to rear instead of side to side which is the usual layout of headliners, so it looks like a Zeppelin air ship! Unfortunately, the 1950 23rd Series Custom 8 did not have this headliner, just the regular type. Also, Packard had a Deluxe Super 8 that had the egg crate grille but was a 7" shorter wheelbase and had the smaller 327 cubic inch motor and with a less plush interior. Would like to see Part 2!

It's a stunning car, it looks high quality and very comfortable.

What A beauty

This is a fine example of Packard automobiles.

One of the best videos on cars I've seen in a long time. Great description, good views, detailed description, and good shots on the starting position. Only item missing would be the undercarriage shots. It was even better that you saved the test drive for a separate video. I've been looking at possibly purchasing a Packard of this era or the late 30s, and this was a fantastic one to give me highly detailed information - thank you!

Those big packards were beautiful cars.

My uncle had one that looked like this one. He lived in Charleston , SC, so I wonder if this was his. It's very impressive that everything is original or period correct and working, including the tube radio.

Beautiful. Nice presentation.

Beautiful!!!

Make sure to use the lead substitute during each fill. These engines are meant to run on leaded gas.

Hank Williams had a Packard for touring with band members.🗽👍

awesome car!

The old-timers used to set a giant ash-tray with a magnetic base up on top of the dash. Beautiful car. Really nice upholstery work----because even if the original interior wasn't torn, it was usually discolored from driving in the rain with the windows down. Which you had to do without air conditioning in the hot months----especially with a black car. I had relatives with a black Packard who lived on Miami Beach! What were they thinking?

I had a 1948 Clipper with a six.

What a honey! very aerodyamic also!

My dad bought one just like that in 1970, it ran great and was complete and in good shape. never restored it, sold it to a restorer in Marietta SC

My Grandpa said he had to sell his 50 Packard, he said Packard was a perfectly good car, except that we’re going broke!

My father had one. It NEVER looked as good as this.

I used to own a '50 Packard, complete car and solid black. When I left for Basic Training some anal born turds broke into it and destroyed the interior. The car was so badly wrecked inside with the wiring and everything ripped out that it was just cheaper to sell it for salvage. I never found out who did it but there's a very HOT spot that they deserve to spend eternity "enjoying"!

The finest Americans automobile

Know someone from I owa inherited it from his grandma 10 years ago, near mint with 30000 miles on it!

My neighbor has one just like this, only his is Burgundy in color!❤️

Idle is a bit high, but she sounds great!! I wonder why they didn't use 'real' wood on the trim...?

Love my 1950 Packard Custom 8 Touring Sedan. Not much change from this 48.

Loved this video..... but why so fuzzy and unclear in picture quality?

My dream car is a 1948 Custom Eight Victoria but sadly those are impossible to find.

What caused the eventual slow demise of Packard?

May I ask what you sold this for, if indeed you did? Just trying to get a ballpark value on these.

Is this car still for sale?

Hi from Detroit, Michigan - Where your car was born 🚘

Looks like an upside down bathtub All it needs are the crows feet

I thought The Packard Eight Super Victoria was the top of the line Packard. But then I guess since it's your car it is the best. My Super Eight Victoria is much higher on the totem pole to me but that's just mine. If you want to see which one runs better maybe you would like to line up against my Super and see for yourself what a Super is all about.

Do something with that mic, please, nice Packard

High Doug what is the asking price

What's gas mileage like?

Orden reparticion packard 1948

Did you sell it to someone in SC

Is this car for sale. If so I am interested

2.34 phone sucker on dashboard top

Is that a custom Packard?

It's not a motor it is an engine

It's not a Barge

As solid as a rail but 10 mpg,so what .

Ehh so what