1931 Packard Deluxe Eight Convertible Coupe
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1931 Packard Deluxe Eight Convertible Coupe

Among Packard’s catalogued “semi-custom” offerings on the 145-inch-wheelbase Deluxe Eight chassis of 1931’s Eighth Series, the convertible coupe by LeBaron stood proud as among the most attractive and desirable. It boasted distinctive lines, including a wide beltline molding, attractively sloping doors, a subtly curved rear deck, and—most attractive of all—a convertible top that folded flush with the body, for a clean smooth line all the way through the car. So attractive was this design that its lines would be borrowed by Packard, almost verbatim, for the factory’s production coupe roadster body of 1932–34.

1931 Packard Deluxe Eight Convertible Coupe
Image Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s