The Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum, Inc. was established as a non-profit foundation for education (501.C.3), to ensure the preservation of the history of the Packard Motor Co., and to show the progress and development of skills in American engineering.

The museum is a reproduction of a Packard showroom from the 1920's. When you visit, you will see a piece of this great American automotive history. On display are 22 Packard motor cars from the 1900's to the 1940's, all in full working order. There are Roadsters with compartments for golf clubs, a doctor's coupe with a compartment for his medical bag, and a 1929 645 Dual Cowl Phaeton that can self-lubricate its chassis as it drives along the road. These automobiles were some of the finest cars ever made and the workmanship is hard to find even today.

The 18,000 square foot building is also stocked with thousands of pieces of memorabilia as well as gallery dedicated to the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. There are hundreds of old dashboard clocks that must be wound by hand, hood ornaments from all makes of cars, rare carburetors, period side lamps, custom gear shift knobs, and much more. Twenty years of research, and five years of planning and construction, gives the viewer a unique look into this special genre of American history.

The Packard Motor Co. has produced some of the finest automobiles in the world. See for yourself at the Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum.

1909 Packard Model 18 Speedster
60th oldest Packard in existence.

1916 Packard Model 1-35 Twin-Six Town
Car Limo. Only one known to exist.

1923 Packard Model 1-26 Doctor's Coupe
Very rare, used by medical doctors to make visits


 

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Ft. Lauderdale Antique Car Museum