Hmmm… 1947 Packard Super Clipper Eight Speedster - $40,000 - Charlotte NC

[kar3516]

Definitely Not Mine; I’m not a fan of this convoluted effort…some people have design talent and others not so much.  Comments?

 

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/atq/d/charlotte-1947-packard-super-clipper/7724373035.html
 

owner description:  “The body was customized with boattail speedster-style body work, a folding soft top was installed, and leather upholstery was added. Power is provided by a 356ci inline-eight paired with an overdrive-equipped three-speed manual transmission, and additional equipment includes an Edmonds cylinder head and dual carburetors along with AutoMeter gauges, woodgrain trim, power windows, and power-adjustable front seats.”

 

owner contact information:  c37a58f0c0e030c6bbf5ac1882e5796b@sale.craigslist.org

 

 

 

[Crusty Trucker]

Well...at least all four hubcaps seem to be correct and even match each other.

 

 

 

[58L-Y8]

This poor Packard has been kicking around for a while, always for sale at a big price, sometimes with a backstory fiction.  The 1941-'42, & '46-'47 Clipper design is a highly integrated one, very difficult to modify with pleasing results as exampled by this car.  By the post WWII period, boattails were passe, which here imposes a prior period style on a later streamlined modern resulting in an aesthetic mishmash.

 

The only person who successfully created a convertible on the Clipper platform was 'Dutch' Darrin himself.  Based on a 1941 Clipper, it was built for Errol Flynn.   

[marty14]

Those tail lights are enough to gag a maggot.

[suchan]

The design is unfortunate, but the workmanship looks good.

If it didn't have the boat tail and crazy taillights, it could be a nice-looking car.

[bryankazmer]

The Errol Flynn convertible did not survive, but a recreation of it has been made. It is a handsome car. There were at least 2 convertible sedans, I think by Derham.

 

and yes, the boat tail is a mess

[Leif in Calif]

1 hour ago, 58L-Y8 said:

This poor Packard has been kicking around for a while, always for sale at a big price, sometimes with a backstory fiction.  The 1941-'42, & '46-'47 Clipper design is a highly integrated one, very difficult to modify with pleasing results as exampled by this car.  By the post WWII period, boattails were passe, which here imposes a prior period style on a later streamlined modern resulting in an aesthetic mishmash.

 

The only person who successfully created a convertible on the Clipper platform was 'Dutch' Darrin himself.  Based on a 1941 Clipper, it was built for Errol Flynn.   

Exactly right! By '47, a boat tail was really old fashioned. As far as this car goes...the mods in my opinion require a lower than stock price, not higher, but I will say.... We've seen worse! 

[58L-Y8]

Addendum comment: No boattail speedster from a design professional of the late '20's-mid'30's had anything other than a hidden top when it was folded, unless it was done on the cheap off the standard roadster body.  A top stack detracts badly from the design.

 

BTW, that two-tone color break is contrived and ridiculous.

[alsancle]

A sleek boattail is very hard to pull off, even by a professional coach builder. If you look at the cars from the 20s and 30s, they are hit or miss.