pughs Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 1924 Packard Victoria Coupe 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 1/1/2024 at 7:19 PM, wayne sheldon said: Frankly, I always thought calling it a "hat box" was silly. Most hats that needed a place to be carried in the car wouldn't even begin to fit in those compartments! In later cars when the spare tire started being laid flat on the trunk floor, higher end cars that enclosed it with a round cover, its often known as a 'hat-box'. 1958 Continental trunk compartment (kingoftheroad.net) Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 12 hours ago, pughs said: 1924 Packard Victoria Coupe Did you buy something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pughs Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I knew about this car for years and saw it from time to time but, no, I didn't buy it. The guy that did finally buy it started a restoration and then fell upon hard times and sold it as a project but I don't know where it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 This is cool. https://www.hemmings.com/listing/1928-stutz-series-bb-142205 This Stutz Vertical Eight Victoria Coupe 1928 is said to have been delivered to a female doctor in Manhattan, New York. The Victoria Coupe Body was only produced in 8 exclusive copies. The car was driven by a driver who transported its owner in the spacious back seat with work chest. Only a small folding extra seat is fitted next to the driver. The Vertical Eight engines was delivered from Duesenberg to Stutz. The model was marketed as secure and safe with the metal strings in glas to make it safer and also very rigid foot boards. The current Swedish owner bought the car as a renovation project directly from the world-renowned and eccentric AK Miller in October 1990 and exported it home to Sweden/Scandinavia where it still is located. The purchase and collection of the car from the property of AK Miller is documented through both letters and photos. We recommend a buyer to search the internet for Alexander Kennedy Miller. There is a lot of exciting things to read and not least after AK Miller has passed away. He died after falling off a ladder 3 years after our Swedish buyer was allowed to buy this amazing car from him. Usually AK Miller never sold anything, but as soon as a deal was suggested he would often quote an appropriate scripture from the Holy Bible in response. However, our Swedish owner managed to win Miller's trust and became one of the few who managed to buy a car from this recluse. Miller was very thrifty and was seen as both a miserable and poor person on his deprived farm where he lived with his wife in tattered clothes and without proper heat or electricity. But reality would prove otherwise. Miller left about 30 Stutz's as well as a number of Rolls Royces and other exotic cars worth a fortune. Not enough of this. The survivors also had to take care of gold bars hidden in the barn's woodpile corresponding to a value of over 1 million dollars, as well as securities worth $900,000 and silver bars for $75,000 which were found in nooks and crannies on the farm... Today AK Miller's Stutz collection is considered to have represented one of the absolute largest Stutz collections ever and his name is very well known worldwide. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hidden_hunter Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 On 2/13/2024 at 12:53 PM, pughs said: 1924 Packard Victoria Coupe Interesting that packard and cadillac went in two different directions Cadillac went with something more like an extended 2 seater and it looks like packard more went with a sedan base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pughs Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 (edited) AJ, I saw this car in Sweden in December of 1990 shortly after the buyer received it. It was all original and in very good condition. I suggested to the new owner that he NOT restore it but he was set on doing the restoration and was going to do it himself. The car was originally a very nice original factory pale green or tan combination. I can't say I like the current color scheme. It reminds me of the circus colors the previous owner of my Stearns-Knight painted my limousine. Also, the Hemmings description has a few historical inaccuracies. The stories that the owner told me about his A K Miller visit were very interesting (and very bizarre). Edited May 25 by pughs add info (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pughs Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Here is a picture of my 1929 Franklin Victoria Brougham when it first arrived. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 On 12/3/2023 at 6:11 PM, H.Earl 1 said: Just got this 1930 Nash 8 Victoria Coupe Home. Great score of a significant car. Not one of the usual suspects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 1932 Lincoln KB 5-passenger coupe.... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmhowe Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 13 minutes ago, keiser31 said: 1932 Lincoln KB 5-passenger coupe.... Now that is an elegant car! It appears to be as spacious as contemporary club sedans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 21 hours ago, keiser31 said: 1932 Lincoln KB 5-passenger coupe.... I guess I misread the title of this thread by a couple of years. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted May 30 Author Share Posted May 30 38 minutes ago, keiser31 said: I guess I misread the title of this thread by a couple of years. Oops. Fixed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 On 5/28/2024 at 7:58 PM, pmhowe said: Now that is an elegant car! It appears to be as spacious as contemporary club sedans. You make an astute observation, the victoria/club/5-passenger coupes were proportionally the same as a four door club sedan. Oddly enough in spite of that, the body makers hadn't yet figured out to integrate a trunk on the club sedans as they did on many 5-passenger coupes. If the door was slightly shorter on this Lincoln, a rear door would easily have been accommodated to make one elegant club sedan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 To my knowledge Packard never marketed a coupe as a "doctor's coupe" but I wish I had a dollar for every one I've seen for sale online called a doctor's coupe. Maybe other manufacturers used that term and it simply slid over to Packards and has stuck. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 1 hour ago, twin6 said: To my knowledge Packard never marketed a coupe as a "doctor's coupe" but I wish I had a dollar for every one I've seen for sale online called a doctor's coupe. Maybe other manufacturers used that term and it simply slid over to Packards and has stuck. I have typically thought of a "Doctor's coupe" as any pre-1930 3 window. Then after 1930 the nomenclature migrated to "business coupe". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 (edited) 2 hours ago, twin6 said: To my knowledge Packard never marketed a coupe as a "doctor's coupe" but I wish I had a dollar for every one I've seen for sale online called a doctor's coupe. Maybe other manufacturers used that term and it simply slid over to Packards and has stuck. Perhaps in the UK, Packard 3-window business couples were marketed as 'Doctor's Coupes'. Craig Edited May 31 by 8E45E (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Ash Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 We were at the Studebaker swap meet in South Bend, IN today, saw this 1925 Studebaker Victoria. The owner drove it to the show, over an hour for the trip. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 On 5/31/2024 at 5:03 PM, Gary_Ash said: We were at the Studebaker swap meet in South Bend, IN today, saw this 1925 Studebaker Victoria. The owner drove it to the show, over an hour for the trip. Good for him! Beautiful car. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Here's a better look at that Leland-Built 1921-'22 Lincoln L Coupe, 4-passenger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wayne sheldon Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Oh I like that Buick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 1931 Cadillac V8 Victoria Coupe that we are working on. Will probably need help in sourcing some parts. At the current pace, we should be debuting the car sometime around September 2034. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Why so quick, are you guys in a hurry or something? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 2 hours ago, TAKerry said: Why so quick, are you guys in a hurry or something? I have been working on and off on a 32 Ford High Boy since Bush 2 was in office, and am finishing up a car that my late friend started when Regan was in office, so 2034 is not that bad.... I don't want to set the expectations' too high. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin The Kid Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Just came across this thread and enjoyed the lively discussion of body style semantics. Surprised there has been no argument about coupes having rear seats! I feel like I frequently see some zealous body style purist on Facebook arguing a coupe can only have 2 seats and any manufacturer trying to tell you otherwise is a liar. Here's a few photos of my 1929 Franklin Victoria Brougham An interesting note about the Victoria body style- the passenger compartment usually terminates before the rear axle, so nobody is left sitting on top of the axle; a feature soon to be advertised by the Airflows. Especially on my Brougham with the non integrated trunk-on-a-platform, the car really looks terrible with no trunk on it, which is why I leave my incorrect, falling apart trunk on the car. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted Monday at 02:07 AM Share Posted Monday at 02:07 AM (edited) On 9/24/2024 at 9:52 PM, Tph479 said: 1931 Cadillac V8 Victoria Coupe that we are working on. Will probably need help in sourcing some parts. At the current pace, we should be debuting the car sometime around September 2034. I hope you have the spare tires because they are no longer made by Lester only Firestone. Edited Monday at 02:08 AM by Joe in Canada (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted Tuesday at 01:25 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:25 AM 23 hours ago, Joe in Canada said: I hope you have the spare tires because they are no longer made by Lester only Firestone. I do have the 2 spare whitewalls that came with the project, but I already have black walls for the car to give it that macho look. I can't locate my list of parts needed, so I'll end up making a new list and probably will be posting in the for sale/ wanted section soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted Wednesday at 07:08 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:08 PM Send me a link of your want list when you post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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