# Any idea what this old car is? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 29, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-old-car-is/797613 "2017-09-29T21:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SHARKBITEATTACK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-old-car-is/797613/1 "2017-09-29T21:30:53Z")
I made a video of it [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0w9Yh6_EqTk/maxresdefault.jpg "1946 or 1947 Packard Super Clipper 8 Spotted in Chicago") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w9Yh6_EqTk) ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-old-car-is/797613/2 "2017-09-29T21:37:59Z")
The swan on the bonnet says it’s a Packard. Someone will know the exact breed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-old-car-is/797613/3 "2017-09-29T21:38:15Z")
1947 Packard Custom Super Clipper limousine? (It says ‘Packard’ on the back.) ETA: [Pics](http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=22468&country=us). . ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-old-car-is/797613/4 "2017-09-29T21:44:31Z")
Ninja’d, but googling for swan hood ornament turned up [this](http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/hood-ornament-identifiaction-guide.html), showing that design of hood ornament being used on Packards from 1942 to 1950. ---
**Author:** ![SHARKBITEATTACK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-old-car-is/797613/5 "2017-09-29T21:54:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > 1947 Packard Custom Super Clipper limousine? (It says ‘Packard’ on the back.) > ETA: [Pics](http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=22468&country=us). > > . damn surprised it sold for only 30 grand. figured a car of that vintage would be worth way more money ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-old-car-is/797613/6 "2017-10-01T12:24:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > 1947 Packard Custom Super Clipper limousine? (It says ‘Packard’ on the back.) > ETA: [Pics](http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=22468&country=us)… I had a friend whose last name was Packard. He drove a Volkswagen beetle. He’d replaced the chrome “Volkswagen” name on the rear cover with one off a Packard. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-old-car-is/797613/7 "2017-10-01T15:25:10Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I had a friend whose last name was Packard. He drove a Volkswagen beetle. He’d replaced the chrome “Volkswagen” name on the rear cover with one off a Packard. Hm. Might be a custom VW then, owned by a guy named Packard. Maybe a guy named Penchi Packard, based on the license plate. But blind me if it doesn’t look like a 1947 Packard Custom Super Clipper limousine to me! ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-old-car-is/797613/8 "2017-10-02T16:47:54Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > The swan on the bonnet says it’s a Packard. Someone will know the exact breed. I’m curious why you’re using the swan as a clue when in the first part of the video it clearly says “Packard” on the trunk (“boot” to you). And I’m curious why the OP needed to ask when it clearly says “Packard” on the trunk.