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1931 Packard 840

Custom Eight Roadster
Mecum exceeds $200M in Kissimmee
Thursday, 6 January - Sunday, 16 January 2022
$181,500
Sale Price
$175,000 - $225,000
Est. Range
Yes
Reserve
14 January 2022
Sold Date
F155
Lot Number
#3-
Older restoration
Mecum Auctions
Auction House
Chassis no. 189075. Dark blue with black accents and beige cloth top over dark blue leather. 385/120hp inline eight, 4-speed, chrome wire wheels, wide whitewalls, dual enclosed sidemounts, Pilot Rays, luggage rack, dual spotlights, rumble seat, "donut-chaser". Ex-Frank Buck, Dan Sargent and John Mozart.

Evaluation: Unnumbered CCCA National First Prize. Restored in 1975 and winner of a laundry list of AACA and CCCA awards. Sound old paint beginning to dull out, with edge chips from use. Sound surface creased upholstery. Oily, dirty engine compartment and chassis. A quality old restoration that has been driven extensively and is holding up well but showing the miles.

Bottom Line: Sold by Christie’s at Pebble Beach in 1998 for $162,000. In 2003 Christie’s again sold it at Pebble Beach, that time for $110,000 where its odometer showed 64,724 miles. The mileage today is 68,232, 3508 miles in almost two decades. RM sold it at Hershey in 2018 for $148,500 and its condition has deteriorated despite adding only 117 miles since then. It is and always has been a special car with informed and caring owners who have treated it with the respect and deference it was due, but this result is a triumph for its condition and the age of its restoration.

by Rick Carey
22 January 2022

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