Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum Visitor Information

• Address: 1527 S.W. 1st. Avenue (Packard Avenue), Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Phone: 954-779-7300
• Web Site: http://www.antiquecarmuseum.org.

About the Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum

The Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum was established as a non-profit foundation for education, to ensure the preservation of the history of the Packard Motor Company, 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.

(Learn more about the Packard brothers, and the history of Packard cars, from the About.com Guide to Classic Cars. Check out the article, Packard - Producing Quality and Elegance for 53 Years.)

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. The FDR Gallery and Library contains numerous photos, literature, memorabilia, mementos, audiotapes and video footage featuring the life of Franklin D.

Roosevelt, his wife Eleanor and family. A well-known sculptor created a bust of FDR, which adorns the center of the gallery. Museum patrons have graciously donated many of these items.

(FDR buffs can make a hop down to Miami to view FDR’s official presidential railcar, the Ferdinand Magellan. This National Historic Landmark is housed at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami.)

At the Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum, you’ll find 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. Plus, the Automotive Library houses car brochures from various car companies throughout the years.

Featured Motor Cars

• 1909 Packard Model 18 Speedster - 60th oldest Packard in existence
• 1915 Packard Model E 21/2 Ton Truck
• 1916 Packard Model 1-35 Twin-Six Town Car Limo (Body by CP Kimball) - Only one known to exist
• 1918 Packard Broughm
• 1920 Packard Model 3-35 Limousine (Body by Holbrook)
• 1921 Packard Model 3-35 Twin-six Phaetin
• 1922 Packard Model 1-16 Sport Phaeton
• 1923 Packard Model 1-26 Doctor's Coupe (Body by Holbrook) - Very rare, used by medical doctors to make visits
• 1924 Packard Model 2-26 5-Passenger Sedan
• 1925 Packard Model 3-26 Roadster
• 1925 Packard Model 2-43 7-Passenger Touring
• 1927 Packard Model 4-26 Touring Sedan
• 1928 Packard Model 5-26 Convertible Coupe
• 1928 Packard Model 4-43 Roadster
• 1929 Packard Model 645 Dual Cowl Phaeton (Body by Dietrich) - Documented as owned by Schmidt family of Schmidt Brewing Company, Chicago.
• 1930 Packard Model 640 Fire Engine (Body by Penn-Yan)
• 1931 Packard Model 845 Convertible Sedan (Body by Dietrich)
• 1932 Packard Model 900 Shovelnose Sedan
• 1934 Packard Model 1100 Standard Eight Sedan
• 1936 Packard Model 1400 Standard Eight Sedan
• 1940 Packard Model 1803 160 Super Eight Sedan
• 1947 Packard Model 2111 Clipper Eight Deluxe Custom PU Truck

SOURCE: Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum Web Site, located at http://www.antiquecarmuseum.org