Author Archive: Tom Laferriere

1966 Ford Mustang GT Convertible

This is a real GT with everything matching with an upgraded Pony Interior vs the original standard interior.  I purchased the car last year form the family in Massachusetts that had it since 1979.

Give me a call on this one.

1932 Packard Model 900 Sedan

• 319-cid, 110-hp inline eight-cylinder engine
• A rare and appealing single-year Packard offering with distinctive styling
• One of only 6,750 Light Eights produced in total
• Features “shovelnose” grille, driving lights, rear trunk rack, and dual sidemount spares
• A Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Full Classic
• Reasonably priced

This example is an original car with only a repaint. It features dual sidemount spares, pedestal mirrors, very nice original interior, radiator mascot, luggage rack, wire wheels and whitewall tires. The Light Eight is recalled as most memorable for its sweeping modern lines and its distinctive “shovel nose.”

Starts easily, ruins and drives nicely with added directionals.  Give me a call on this one.

1955 Packard Caribbean

Vehicle No. 5588-1314

Series 5580. 275 bhp, 352 cu. in. overhead-valve V-8 engine, Ultramatic automatic transmission, front and rear torsion bar self-leveling suspension, and power-assisted four-wheel drum brakes. Wheelbase: 127 in.

Considered by many to be the last great Packard, the 1955-56 Caribbean continued the original Caribbean’s tradition of a limited-production convertible in unique trim, featuring almost every imaginable accessory and the buyer’s choice from a wide roster of stunning three-tone color schemes. Intended as Packard’s competition to the Cadillac Eldorado and the forthcoming Continental Mark II, it was every bit the equal of both cars in luxury, style, and swift V-8 performance. Further, it offered several interesting features unique to the most prestigious Packards, including Torsion-Level Ride, with the front and rear suspension joined by long torsion bars that automatically adjusted under load to level the car. This provided exceptional ride quality, the finest of any American automobile of [...]

1906 Waltham Orient Buckboard

• AACA Winner 1963
• Clear Title
• Engine Number  3076
• Titles as a 1903

Runs and drives.

1941 Buick Limited Limousine

Chassis no. 14029619

“Buick’s Cadillac,” one of the finest road cars of its era
One of 669 built; formerly of the Del De Young Collection
An ideal comfortable, powerful CARavan automobile
Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Full Classic®

165 bhp, 320 cu. in. OHV inline eight-cylinder engine, three-speed manual transmission, all-round coil suspension, and four-wheel drum brakes. Wheelbase: 139 in.

Under the influence of Harlow Curtice, Buick challenged its corporate sibling Cadillac directly and boldly in the 1930s with a series of top-of-the-line models that featured extremely modern engineering, excellent build quality, and cosseting luxury – as well as impressive size. Known originally as the Series 80 and 90, and in later years as the Limited, these vast automobiles were, indeed, the equal of Cadillac in stature, power, and cost, much to the chagrin of GM brass who famously did not appreciate [...]

1939 Cadillac Series 75 Convertible Coupe

Coachwork by Fleetwood

Motor No. 3290731
Body No. 9

140 bhp, 346 cu. in. side-valve V-8 engine, three-speed manual transmission, front and rear leaf spring suspension, and four-wheel vacuum-assisted drum brakes. Wheelbase: 141 in.

The Series 75 was Cadillac’s largest, costliest, and most exclusive V-8 model of 1939, sharing its imposing 141-inch-wheelbase chassis and handsome semi-custom Fleetwood bodies with the grand V-16s, but featuring the renowned flathead eight-cylinder engine under the hood. Some of the Series 75s were extremely rare automobiles, with only 27 convertible coupes completed in 1939; they were a scarce sight even when new.

The example offered here was originally delivered through the Claude Nolan dealership in Jacksonville, Florida, equipped with chrome disc wheel covers, as noted on a copy of the original build sheet. It was formerly in the care of David D. Swanson of Iowa from 1969 until 1997, then was [...]

1934 Cadillac 355 V-8 Coupe

Coachwork by Fisher
Chassis No. 31-3549
Motor No. 3102240
Body No. 32

Model 355D, Series 20. 130 bhp, 353 cu. in. side-valve V-8 engine, three-speed manual transmission, solid front and three-quarter-floating rear axle, and four-wheel vacuum-assisted drum brakes. Wheelbase: 136 in.

Nineteen thirty-four ranks among the finest years of the Classic Cadillac, distinguished by the marque’s first fully streamlined, modern styling and the distinctive, one-year-only, beautiful ‘biplane’ bumpers, subsequently replaced by less graceful single-bar units. The V-8 model alone could be had on no fewer than three lengths of chassis, comprising a remarkable 31 different body styles, a variety of offerings unimaginable today!

This V-8-powered Cadillac coupe is a Series 20, built on the 136-inch-wheelbase chassis, resulting in superb proportions from tip to tail. According to its build sheet, a copy of which is on file, it was originally shipped to the Don Lee, Inc., [...]

1921 Packard Single Six Runabout

Vehicle No. U2902
Motor No. U25291

Series 116. 52 hp, 241.5 cu. in. L-head inline six-cylinder engine, three-speed manual transmission, suspension, solid front and rear axles with semi-elliptical leaf spring suspension, and rear-wheel drum brakes. Wheelbase: 116 in.

Packard always excelled at introducing ‘lower-cost’ offerings that were not lower in quality. One of their first such efforts was the Single Six, which debuted as part of the First Series of 1921 as an alternative to the prestigious Twin Six. As the name indicated, the Single Six offered a lone sextet of cylinders. Priced in Cadillac territory, it was a relatively bargain for its power and superb engineering, and its bodywork was handsomely designed with the same impressive grandeur as the Twin Six. Historian Tim Martin notes that many six-cylinder Packards of the First Series were produced but that the sporty 116, on its namesake ‘short’ 116-inch-wheelbase chassis, [...]

1934 Packard 1101 Rollston Town Car – The Vanderbilt Packard Grace and Cornelius Vanderbilt The Kingfisher and the General. She was the Queen of Manhattan Society.  Her party budget was legendary.  No social event was in style without her gracing its invitation list. She threw a party every Saturday.  An invitation was the ticket to high society. They were the King and Queen.  He was the Vanderbilt who abandoned his fortune for the love of Grace. She was a ticket to misery.  They partied their lives away.  The Packard was her transportation to the Opera and no Opera began in earnest without her. He gave up his wealth for her.  His life as an engineer was filled with invention.  In fact he had hundreds of patents to his name.  He served as a general in WWI and fought in the Mexican War.  His was a much heralded life as the wealthiest general in the war.  [...]