The first generation of Packard Custom Eight was introduced for the 1928 model year. The first generation Custom Eight was created when Packard split the Eight into the Custom Eight and the Standard Eight. The Custom Eight would be placed as the more luxurious and higher end of the two models, and was available in a wide range of open and closed body styles. Power for the first generation Custom Eight came from a 6.3L inline eight engine. Production of the Custom Eight would end in 1932, but Packard would reintroduce the name in 1948 for the Packard Clipper based Second Generation Custom Eight.