1916 Packard Twin Six [2-25]

1916 Packard Twin Six [2-25] in A Day's Pleasure, Short Movie, 1919

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Raul1983 ◊ 2007-04-03 20:45
nzcarnerd ◊ 2007-04-04 02:20	A Twin Six - probably a model 2-25 as it looks shorter in the wheelbase than the 3-35 I have driven and it has the old type front fenders with the lip on the front.
pilou ◊ 2007-04-04 09:20	Agree .A Packard twin six .It is indeed a shorter wheelbase model with the old type front fenders.It could be either a first series model 125 on the 125 inch wheelbase ( produced 1915-1916) or a second series model 225 on the 126 inch wheelbase (produced 1916-1917), they are very similar.The model 335 you drove rode on a longer wheelbase of 136 inch and was produced from 1917 to 1919.The third series Twin Sixes models 325 and 335 had the new non-lipped front fenders.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2007-04-04 11:10	The car I drove is a 1918 3-35. It is the only known example of this model on wire wheels (35x5). the third series went through to 1923 I think. I think this car is a second series as it has the later style of cowl.
pilou ◊ 2007-04-04 12:11	In his book " The Packard Story" ( AS Barnes & Co New York 1965 ) Robert E. Turnquist lists the models 335 in two separate categories , one running 1917-1919( engine numbers 150000 to 160129 ) and one running 1920-1924 ( engine numbers 160130 to 169000) so the third series ran to 1924 with the same 3X5 bore & stroke engine of 90 hp. Concerning the one here I do not have very detailed cowl views but a second series is fully possible.