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Packard Single Six

Packard went down market in 1920 with a new range of cars built on a 116-inch wheelbase and powered by a new six cylinder 3,957cc engine. But the car was too small to appeal to buyers, especially at Cadillac prices. For 1922 Packard revised the Single Six with a larger 4,398cc engine and wheelbases of 126-inch (for 5 passengers) and 133-inch (for 7 passengers). A dramatic increase in sales of these small Packards in 1922 (13,433 against 6,374 in 1921, and just 1,000 in 1920) encouraged Packard to leave the recipe alone for 1923 when 14,123 Single Sixes were sold. There was also a 'Double Six' Packard which in fact has 12 cylinders. In 1923 Packard decided to replace the Double Six with a new 'Single Eight' which had a more powerful L-head 8-cylinder engine on a 136 or 143 chassis with brakes on all four wheels. Packard then uprated the Single Six for 1924 with the chassis refinements of the Single Eight and produced the Packard Six-226 on a 126-inch wheelbase. Small refinements were made in 1924 (Six-326) and 1925 to the Single Six (35,000 sold) and Single Eight models.

aa Packard 1928 Model 526 ornament

Packard Model 526 1928 Sedan - hood ornament

aa Packard Model 116 1922 Six Phaeton badge

Packard Model 116 1922 Six Phaeton - badge on grille

aa Packard Six 1928 Model 533 badge

Packard Six Model 533 Series 5 - badge on grille

ab Packard Six 1928 Model 533 grille

Packard Six Model 533 Series 5 - grille. The engine was a 6-cylinder 3,957cc unit.

ac Packard Six 1922 Model 116 Phaeton head

Packard Model 116 1922 Six Phaeton. The 116 was built on a 116-inch chassis and had a new 4,398 cc inline six cylinder engine. The 'ox yoke' radiator shape is clear on this early car

Packard Six 1922 Model 116 Phaeton front

Packard Model 116 1922 Six Phaeton. Introduced in 1921 as a new entry level Packard, the 116 was built on a 116-inch chassis and had a new 4,398 cc inline six cylinder engine. In 1922 a new 126 model replaced the 116 with longer chassis lengths.

Packard Six 1922 Model 116 Phaeton inside

Packard Model 116 1922 Six Phaeton - interior

Packard Six 1922 Model 116 Phaeton rear

Packard First Series Six 126 1922 Touring. Revised from the slow selling Single Six 116 of 1921, for 1922 engine size was increased to 4,398 cc, and the wheelbase moved out to 126 or 133 inches (from 116)

Packard Six 1928 Model 526 Sedan front

Packard Six 526 1928 Sedan. The 526 (on a 126-inch wheelbase, the 533 was on a 133-inch) was the fifth series of the 'Single Six' (3,959cc) and the final iteration of the six cylinder engine as all Packards would be 8 or 12-cylinder until 1937.

Packard Six 1928 Model 533 Series 5 Ambulance.

Packard Six Model 533 Series 5, powered by a 6-cylinder 3,957cc engine. The Ambulance body is a converted saloon

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