James Ward Packard was one of the first customers of pioneer auto manufacturer Alexander Winton. However Packard found several shortcomings in his new 1898 Winton and he let Mr. Winton know about them. Winton on the other hand felt that his car was the epitome of perfection and told Mr. Packard that if he wanted his ideas incorporated in an automobile he should build it himself.By November 1899 with the help of his brother William and two former Winton employees George Weiss and William Hatcher Packard had done just that. Four more cars were built that year and 47 of a new Model B in 1900. The cars were built under the auspices of the New York and Ohio Company a subsidiary of the brothers Packard Electric Company which manufactured transformers and electric lighting equipment. Fairly conventional for their time the Packard cars were runabouts with a single-cylinder engine under the seat a two-speed planetary transmission and chain drive. Novel for the period was an automatic spark advance.On September 10 1900 the brothers formed the Ohio Automobile Company in their hometown of Warren Ohio. Finding their customers satisfied they adopted the slogan Ask the Man Who Owns One. Men Who owned one included William Rockefeller and wealthy Detroit businessman Henry B. Joy the latter buying large quantities of stock in the company. Joy subscribed the entire issue of 2500 shares in 1902 at which time the firm became the Packard Motor Car Company. A year later it moved to Detroit where a huge modern concrete factory designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn was being built.Two- and four-cylinder cars were built from 1902 but it was a single-cylinder car that bettered Wintons coast-to-coast record in 1903 with driver Tom Fetch carving two days off the record in Old Pacific. Other Packard competition included the Vanderbilt Cup races and sand racing at Ormond Beach in Florida where chief engineer Charles Schmidt set a world record in January the launch of the Model 30 in 1907 Packard became a well-established builder of luxury cars comprising with Peerless and Pierce-Arrow the Three Ps of prestige American automobile manufacturing. Packard was the only member of the Three Ps to survive the Depression but only because it diversified into medium-priced cars. Still Packard continued to lead the American luxury segment after World War Il and was outsold by Cadillac only once before 1950.Packards first six a massive 525 cubic inch T-head debuted in April 1911. Designated Model 48 for its rated horsepower it developed a full 74 bhp at 1720 rpm and Packard advertised that it would reach 60 miles per hour in 30 seconds from a standing start. A Bosch dual ignition system was used along with Packards unique float-feed carburetor with automatic mixture control. Prices started at $5000 and ranged upward to $6550. Thirteen body styles were offered on wheelbases from 121.5 to 139 inches. The new car immediately became popular with nearly 1350 sold in the first of production and a lengthy list of anxious customers awaiting delivery.In December 1912 a smaller six the Model 38 was introduced. An L-head design with cylinders cast in pairs it displaced 415 cubic inches had seven main bearings and developed 60 bhp. The Model 38 was the first Packard car to have left-hand drive and elsetric starting the latter from a Delco starter-generator of the type developed by Charles Kettering. A notable feature of the electrical system was a control unit attached to the steering column. The brainchild of chief engineer Jesse Vincent who would later design the Twin Six and Liberty aircraft engines the unit had switches for the ignition lights and horn an ignition lock and mixture control for the carburetor. This placed most controls within easy reach of the driver leaving the instrument panel free for instruments alone save for a carburetor primer needed for starting.Selling at $4050 to $5400 it was about $1000 cheaper than the larger car and a few hundred less expensive than the comparable models of Peerless and Pierce-Arrow. There were 13 body styles most of them on a 134-inch wheelbase although Phaeton and Brougham styles used a 138-inch chassis and the runabout and two coupe styles a short 115.5-inch frame. The Touring car was the sole open style to use the intermediate wheelbase and was the most popular Model 38 body type. The other intermediate cars were Limousines Landaulets and a new open-drive Cabette. More than 1600 Model 38s latterly called 1-38 or 1338 were built in 1913 and nearly 700 2-38s the following year. So successful were the two six-cylinder models that Packard dropped fours entirely.The car offered here is one of only a handful of known Model 1-38s and it has had its history traced by Packard historian John Grundy back to the original owner C.M. Harrington in Minneapolis MN.

　　Its unknown how long Mr. Harrington retained the car its next recorded owner was Bill Folwell of Merion PA in the 1940s. The car traded hands a few more times in PA before being acquired by noted Packard collector H.G. Henry in 1969. In 1972 Henry sold the car to Oakley Sumpter of Perryville MD. Mr. Sumpter retained ownership of the car for 16 years; after which it was acquired by restorer Wendell Ohlendorf of Beecher Illinois for his client collector Cornelius

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　　Kuiper. Most recently it has been part of a prominent Midwestern private collection.While the restoration was completed some time ago it has been well looked after having previously been in a museum collection and rarely driven. Nicely detailed its dark Packard Blue body and black fenders show no chips and exhibit a deep shine. The body moldings are in contrasting black and are accented with straw striping. The black canvas top is as new.The seats are upholstered in dark crimson button-tufted leather and are in excellent condition. The brightwork is unblemished and shines superbly. The tires fitted to white artillery wheels are like new and are complemented by dual rear-mounted spares with fabric wheel covers. Lovely brass accents include running lights on the firewall and a brass horn on the drivers side as well as a Warner speedometer and clock.An excellent and authentic Brass Era Packard this wonderful car has benefitted from inclusion in several prominent collections and from restoration and maintenance to the highest standard. It would be a superlative road car or showpiece in equal measure for its new owner. Offers welcome and trades consideredFor additional details please view this listing directly on our website https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/7-packard-model-1-38-touring/