Makes › Packard › Darrin Convertible Victoria (One Twenty / One Eighty Custom Super Eight) · Coachbuilt · 1940–1942 Extremely Rare
Packard
Darrin Convertible Victoria (One Twenty / One Eighty Custom Super Eight)
Howard 'Dutch' Darrin-designed catalogue customs; about 100 through 1942, very few One Twenty Darrins
Still being researched: full specifications. Everything shown is checked against the cited sources. Know more? Send us a source.
Photo: Rex Gray · CC BY 2.0
Contents
01Overview
At a glance
- Built
- 100 Built
- Years
- 1940–1942
- Engine
- Front-mounted L-head inline eight (One Twenty) · 4,620 cc / 4.6 LFactory: 282 cu in · converted
- Power
- 89.5 kW / 122 PSFactory: 120 hp · converted
- Top speed
- Not yet verified
- Body
- Not yet verified
- Designer
- Howard 'Dutch' Darrin
- In this archive
- Not yet verified
- Surviving
- Not yet verified
Sources and any conflicting figures are in the sections below.
Why it matters
The Darrin Convertible Victoria brought Howard 'Dutch' Darrin's Hollywood custom style into Packard's own catalogue, one of the few factory-listed American coachbuilt designs of its time. About 100 were built through 1942, and the One Twenty-based cars are especially scarce.
How rare is it?
Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.
Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.
Photos
Exterior, interior and detail photos with their licences.
Packard Darrin Convertible Victoria (One Twenty / One Eighty Custom Super Eight) (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: Rex Gray · CC BY 2.0
Packard Darrin Convertible Victoria (One Twenty / One Eighty Custom Super Eight) (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: Rex Gray · CC BY 2.0
Packard Darrin Convertible Victoria (One Twenty / One Eighty Custom Super Eight) (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: Rex Gray · CC BY 2.0
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02Production & history
Production
Every figure says what it counts.
| What is counted | Figure | Basis | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total model productionestimated built through 1942 (One Twenty: 15–24; One Eighty 1940: 44–48) | 1001 | Factory production | Independently researched |
Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.
History
Darrin, who ran the 'Darrin of Paris' custom shop in Hollywood, built cars for film stars before Packard listed the design in its 1940 catalogue. Central Manufacturing Company of Connersville, Indiana, hand-built or modified nearly every body part; for 1941 production moved to Sayers & Scoville in Cincinnati when Connersville took on Jeep body work. Estimates for the One Twenty chassis range from at least 15 (Hollingsworth) to 24 (Figone), against 44 to 48 on the One Eighty. Production ended in 1942.
Variants
How each version differs from the standard Darrin Convertible Victoria (One Twenty / One Eighty Custom Super Eight).
No variants documented yet. Have a source? Contribute it.
03Specifications
Technical specifications
Engine
| Engine family | Not yet verified |
|---|---|
| Engine code | Not yet verified |
| Layout | Front-mounted L-head inline eight (One Twenty)2 Independently researched |
| Displacement | 4,620 cc / 4.6 LFactory: 282 cu in · converted2 Independently researched |
| Bore | Not yet verified |
| Stroke | Not yet verified |
| Compression ratio | Not yet verified |
| Fuel system | Not yet verified |
| Power | 89.5 kW / 122 PSFactory: 120 hp · converted2 Independently researched |
| Power at | Not yet verified |
| Torque | Not yet verified |
Transmission & drivetrain
| Gearbox | Three-speed synchromesh manual2 Independently researched |
|---|---|
| Gears | Not yet verified |
| Driven wheels | Not yet verified |
Chassis, body & dimensions
| Chassis | Not yet verified |
|---|---|
| Front suspension | Not yet verified |
| Rear suspension | Not yet verified |
| Brakes | Not yet verified |
| Steering | Not yet verified |
| Body construction | Not yet verified |
| Wheelbase | 3,230 mmFactory: 127 in · converted2 Independently researched |
| Length | Not yet verified |
| Width | Not yet verified |
| Height | Not yet verified |
| Front track | Not yet verified |
| Rear track | Not yet verified |
| Kerb weight | Not yet verified |
| Dry weight | Not yet verified |
Performance
| Maximum speed | Not yet verified |
|---|---|
| 0–100 km/h | Not yet verified |
| Fuel tank | Not yet verified |
“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.
04Colours & options
Factory colours & interiors
Original paint and trim, with the number of cars in each where a source gives it.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Factory options & codes
Codes are shown exactly as written by the manufacturer.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
05Individual cars
Chassis register
Every documented car, with its colours, history and where it is now. Open a row for the full record. Known chassis are not automatically authenticated originals.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Competition history
Every race result of the individual cars, in date order. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Auction & sale history
Documented public sales of the individual cars. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
See one in person
Museums where an example of this car can be seen.
No example is documented on public display yet. Have a source? Contribute it.
06Reference
Identification guide
How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.
The defining feature is the 'Darrin Dip', the sweeping cut-down door line; Packard catalogued the car as a 'Convertible Victoria'. Bodies were built by Central Manufacturing (Connersville) in 1940 and Sayers & Scoville from 1941, with nearly every panel except the headlight pods altered.
Sources
Each number links to the exact facts it supports.
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1
RM Sotheby's Arizona 2017 – 1940 Packard One Twenty Convertible Victoria by Darrin Level B
- 100 estimated built through 1942 (One Twenty: 15–24; One Eighty 1940: 44–48)
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2
1940 Packard One Twenty Convertible Victoria by Darrin Level B RM Sotheby's
- 282 cu. in. L-head inline eight-cylinder
- 282 cu. in.
- 120 hp
- Three-speed synchromesh manual
- Wheelbase: 127 in.
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