F.Y. I. ' 33 Packard

Restorer, It's my understanding that the 1933 Light Eight is a 1932 Shovel nose without the shovel. Packard had plenty of Light Eights left over and put a 1933 front on them when the attempt to make a more affordable Packard unfortunately failed.

Basically true but not exactly, the '33 frame is a bit different as are the engine and some body parts. Pretty much the same car though.

If you read the ad on e bay carefully, it states the back 1/2 of the body is missing, thus the low price.

That's what makes it a projest I guess. He also states that he knows where there is a rear section and top assembly. Just thought it interesting, and a good project for someone with lots of ambition, a good do it yourself project.

Also, '33 1001's were not cobbled together from "left over 900's". Quite a few differences. Just picked up a 1001 Coupe Sedan yesterday and have been comparing with my 900. Frame is quite a bit different, 1001 went back to the Bijur system, engine block is different, of course instruments and dash differ, bodys differ in some fairly minor ways. Fenders considerably changed. More accurate to say the basic body shells were carried over into '33, little else remained the same.