Packard 343 Third Series Eight

Packard built high quality, expensive cars from 1899 to 1958. They were made in Warren, Ohio until they moved to Detroit in 1903. Packard was sold to Studebaker in 1955 which proved to be an unsuccessful merger.

In 1927 the Packard vehicles outfitted with eight-cylinder engines were known as the Eight Series, or 336 and 343 Third Series Packard’s. Packard was one of the first marque’s to mass produce an inline-eight cylinder engine and offer them with four-wheel brakes. A few other luxury marques, such as Cadillac, had also been mass-producing eight-cylinder engines and offering them in their vehicles.

In 1925 Packard hired Ray Dietrich to design the bodies of the Packard’s. His creations helped Packard become one of the most popular vehicles in the country by the close of the 1920’s.