Packard Pics: 1928 (or 1927?)

[grayscot]

Have some two or three old family photos of car owned 1928 to 1932. I think it is 1928 but pics are dated February 1928, so might be a 1928

bought in 1927 or a 1927 used until 1932. Did they introduce and sell

1928 models in 1927?

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[West Peterson]

The 1928 models were introduced in July 1927.

[Guest 1928Packard526]

From all I can see in your photos the car is a 1928 model. Everything looks correct for that model. I can't tell if it is the six cylinder 526 model or the longer wheelbased 533 8 cylinder version. The visor over the windshield says it is not a '27. The fenders are also smooth with no detail "ridges" that appeared on both '27 and later '29 model fenders. The '27 car had no visor over the windshield, but a serious roof overhang that served the same purpose. I own and drive similar 1928 model 526 car. The drum headlights rather than parabolic ones indicate it can't be a '29.

West is correct. The '28 models went on sale in July '27.

[Guest 1928Packard526]

I couldn't let it go until I knew whether the car in your pictures was a 1928 526 or the longer 533 model. I have now compared, to be certain, the direct side views in your photos to similar views of my 526 and can say with some certainty that you have photos of a 533 which is the larger 8 cylinder model of the same year. The additional 7" of wheelbase is particularly evident in the size of the rear quarter windows.

Pete P

[scott12180]

Well, Packard never made a 5th Series Eight, so the car isn't a 533 Eight. They jumped from the 4th Series Eight in 1928 to 6th Series Eight in 1929 to get the series designations in synch between the senior and junior cars.

The car is a six cylinder without much doubt. It's a 1928 for all the reasons cited here, but as for model look at the length of the hood and the size of the headlamps. The 443, the Eight for 1928 as well as the Eight for 1927, had a VERY long hood and much larger headlamps to create a very imposing presense. The hood on the Eights for that vintage was a full ten inches longer than the Sixes, all of that length being the additional space taken up by the two extra cylinders.

--Scott

[Clipper47]

I agree not a 443 but possibly a 533 6 cylinder.

[Guest 1928Packard526]

I stand humbly corrected. Scott has it right. The car in the your pictures is a six, as Packard did not make a 533 eight. The eight was designated as a 433. My memory was faulty, but at age 75 that happens more often than I care to admit. Scott also has the description of why Packard jumped a series for their eights correct. I do stand by my description of the car as a 533 from 1928 however. The size of that rearmost side window was the determining factor for me.

Pete P