Re: Pullman Bodies

Posted by DavidM On 2013/1/21 1:18:09

Bernie,
I would also be interested to know more about this topic, my car (as you know) is a 1922 126 "Sport" which was a very low volume model produced by Packard. The Kimes book says that only 400 of the Sport body was made on the 126 model although the numbers that have survived would indicate that maybe they made a few more than that. However I have been told over the many years that I have had mine that Packard outsourced the Sport bodies to Pullman. There seems to be some evidence to support this however it does not mean that there is anything special about the Pullman bodies, they are not badged as such and in the case of the Sport they are all steel. It has been suggested to me that the workmanship was inferior to the bodies made in house by Packard and having restored mine from scratch I can confirm that the original panel work was nothing special and a bit rough in places.
However I have no factual information on all of this and I hope someone else will have more information.
David.