As A Car Guy, I Shed A Tear While Reading This

1938 Packard Wins Class At Concours, Immediately Rolls Into Pond

The car was a 1938 Packard Super Eight model 1605 Convertible Sedan, the most expensive model in Packard’s line. This particular one was bodied by the Bohman & Schwartz coachbuilding company, and is the only Sedan Convertible to have a removable hard top.

According to the Island Packet, the car had just won best-of-class in the American Classics 1925-1948 category at the Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance. Autoweek also reports that the car had somehow not had its the parking brake set. 

(Jalopnik.com)