Re: 1941 Packard 160 woody?
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/12/5 16:58:31
I apologize for remembering that the British-bodied shooting brake that I referenced above was of the 1941 vintage. I have found the photo of it in The Packard Cormorant, Volume 90. The car apparently was originally a 1934 1101 coupe (717) bought from UK concessionaire Leonard Williams though records of who did the coachwork were apparently lost during the war. There is a lovely little story about the car in that volume.
I also enjoy some of the earlier station wagons and will show two others, the first a 1934 that was shown at the Warren Centennial and then bought by a New Jersey collector and thankfully repainted (it was a sickly green at Warren) in the course of a meticulous restoration. I knew this car since my adolescence, it was local to me in Englewood, New Jersey owned by Paul Lamb at that time. Of course it was not a factory offering, the bodywork is by Bridgeport but I forget if the chassis is an 1100 or 1101; one story I've heard is that it was converted from an 1100 sedan, another that is was on a purchased 1101 chassis. Easy enough to determine by measuring the wheelbase, I've just not had the occasion to do so.
The last photo I have to apologize for as well, as it is not Packard but a 1934 Piece Arrow 8 bodied by Cantrell. Photo by this writer at Steve Babinsky's shop in New Jersey.
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I also enjoy some of the earlier station wagons and will show two others, the first a 1934 that was shown at the Warren Centennial and then bought by a New Jersey collector and thankfully repainted (it was a sickly green at Warren) in the course of a meticulous restoration. I knew this car since my adolescence, it was local to me in Englewood, New Jersey owned by Paul Lamb at that time. Of course it was not a factory offering, the bodywork is by Bridgeport but I forget if the chassis is an 1100 or 1101; one story I've heard is that it was converted from an 1100 sedan, another that is was on a purchased 1101 chassis. Easy enough to determine by measuring the wheelbase, I've just not had the occasion to do so.
The last photo I have to apologize for as well, as it is not Packard but a 1934 Piece Arrow 8 bodied by Cantrell. Photo by this writer at Steve Babinsky's shop in New Jersey.
Hope you enjoy these.
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