Re: Factory AC in 1940-42

Posted by West Peterson On 2008/10/18 7:33:06

The same person who owns the 1941 Clipper with a/c also owns the 1942. I talked with him yesterday, and found out that the 1942 is not the 120 Clipper that we owned for several years.
That would make three known 1942 120 Clippers that were factory-equipped with a/c.

The whereabouts of the Packard that we owned is still unknown. It is not listed in any Packard directory. I suppose it's possible that it was parted out just for the a/c, which would have been a crime as it was a very solid and original 38,000-mile car.

If anyone knows where this car might be today, I sure would like to know. Its original color was dark blue, and we sold it to a man in Ohio in 1988.
Interestingly, the "Air Conditioned" plate on this car was actually ON the hood as opposed to the fender as mentioned on another car above. That is not unusual, as there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for where those plates were located on all a/c equipped cars. Some of them were located on the side-mount cover (Senior Cars), some were on the panel between the fender and hood (Senior cars) some were vertical part of the fender (junior cars) and like this one, on the hood itself. Also, some a/c cars did not get the plates at all