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Twelve
Packard Twelve, 5,262 built.
Still being researched: why it matters, identification guide, full specifications. Everything shown is checked against the cited sources. Know more? Send us a source.
Photo: This photograph was taken with a Canon PowerShot A520 by User:Jed · CC BY-SA 3.0
Contents
01Overview
At a glance
- Built
- Not yet verified
- Years
- 1933–1939
- Engine
- V12, 67-degree vee · 7,300 cc / 7.3 LFactory: 445.5 cu in · converted
- Power
- 119 kW / 162 PSFactory: 160 hp · converted
- Top speed
- Not yet verified
- Body
- Not yet verified
- Designer
- Not yet verified
- In this archive
- Not yet verified
- Surviving
- Not yet verified
Sources and any conflicting figures are in the sections below.
Why it matters
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
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 Twelve (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: This photograph was taken with a Canon PowerShot A520 by User:Jed · CC BY-SA 3.0
Packard Twelve (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: This photograph was taken with a Canon PowerShot A520 by User:Jed · CC BY-SA 3.0
Packard Twelve (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: EgorovaSvetlana · CC BY-SA 4.0
02Production & history
Production
Every figure says what it counts.
No production figures recorded yet.
History
Packard's first new V12 of the early 1930s appeared in 1932 under the Twin Six name and was renamed the Twelve in 1933. The line was built from 1933 to 1939 with over 35,000 examples. Most cars had factory bodies; only a handful received custom coachwork from LeBaron or Dietrich.
Joseph Stalin's favourite car was a Packard Twelve given to him by Franklin Roosevelt in 1935. The source says he used it at the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences.
Variants
How each version differs from the standard Twelve.
No variants documented yet. Have a source? Contribute it.
03Specifications
Technical specifications
Engine
| Engine family | Not yet verified |
|---|---|
| Engine code | Not yet verified |
| Layout | V12, 67-degree vee1 Independently researched |
| Displacement | 7,300 cc / 7.3 LFactory: 445.5 cu in · converted1 Independently researched |
| Bore | Not yet verified |
| Stroke | Not yet verified |
| Compression ratio | Not yet verified |
| Valvetrain | Side-valve1 Independently researched |
| Fuel system | Stromberg downdraft carburettor2 Independently researchedStated for the 1106 model. |
| Power | 119 kW / 162 PSFactory: 160 hp · converted1,2 Independently researchedFigure for the 1934 Model 1106; rating standard not stated. |
| Power at | Not yet verified |
| Torque | Not yet verified |
Transmission & drivetrain
| Gearbox | Three-speed synchromesh manual2 Independently researchedStated for the 1106 model. |
|---|---|
| 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 | Four-wheel adjustable vacuum-assisted brakes2 Independently researchedStated for the 1106 model. |
| Steering | Not yet verified |
| Body construction | Not yet verified |
| Wheelbase | 3,430 mmFactory: 135 in · converted2 Independently researchedShort wheelbase of the 1106, the model the source describes. The 1107 had a 142-inch wheelbase and the 1108 a 147-inch one (S1). |
| 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.
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Factory options & codes
Codes are shown exactly as written by the manufacturer.
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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.
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Competition history
Every race result of the individual cars, in date order. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
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Auction & sale history
Documented public sales of the individual cars. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
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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.
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Sources
Each number links to the exact facts it supports.
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1
1934 Packard 1106 Twelve (Packard Twelve history) Level C Daniel Vaughan · conceptcarz.com
- a 67-degree vee angle and a 445.5 cubic-inch displacement offering 160 horsepower
- a 445.5 cubic-inch displacement
- 445 cubic-inch side-valve twelve cylinder engine
- offering 160 horsepower
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2
1934 Packard 1106 Twelve Level C conceptcarz.com (archived 2015 page)
- with Stromberg downdraft carburetion
- 160 horsepower 445 cubic-inch engine
- three-speed synchromesh transmission
- four-wheel adjustable vacuum assisted brakes
- riding on a 135-inch wheelbase
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