Re: 1939 Rollson Packard 1701

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/12/23 9:55:54

As mentioned earlier, a town car on a 1934 Eight chassis would have been a custom body. Here are pictures of a 1934 Eight town car (though some might call it a panel brougham) on an 1101 chassis, this one the ex-Vanderbuilt car by Rollston. Interesting the Vanderbilt money would have commissioned such an elegant vehicle on the least expensive Eight chassis, perhaps the short wheelbase was important to them. Somewhat typical of depression-era high $ cars to the wealthy, a miminum of brightwork - like they thought that would make the car less ostentatious! IMO an extremely elegant if quite restrained vehicle. Sorry I can't credit the photographer or source, but I've misplaced that information, perhaps they were provided by Jim Pearsall.

There's quite a bit of documentation on this vehicle, it is said it was in use by the Vanderbilts until 1951.

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