1934 Packard Super Convertible. Packard was one of the oldest car companies in America, with the first Packard built in 1899. The company began life as the Ohio Automobile Company based in Warren, Ohio, and became the Packard Motor Car Company in 1902. In 1903 the company moved to Detroit. The early cars were powered by large displacement six-cylinder engines until Packard introduced a V-8 in 1915. Packard's Twin-Six of 1916 would remain in production until 1924 when it was replaced by the strai