Re: Identifying 1939 Super 8 Limo

Posted by Bill Wurts On 2010/1/17 7:23:03

Good Morning Guscha & Owen

I was going to comment that I thought Rollson only made town cars with cabriolet type back ends as can be seen in the adverts. However, When I opened the link in Goscha's message, there is a Rollson with a standard back end. I would love for it to be a Rollson.

There are no sill plates under the rear doors. Possibly they are missing. But I looked for body ID Tags and did not find anything. But I did not look under the carpets.

The Vheicle ID Number 1270 2006 is on the Patent plate, Is there a source that can identify where this car was first sent and what its configuration was. I contacted Tony Day, the Packard Club Roster for '39 Super Eights and he did not have this information, I then sent an e-mail to the Parkard Museum in Warren Ohio and they refered me back to Tony Day.
So that was no help just circular. Do you think other Packard museums help?

When I looked at the car the Compartment above the divider window had a center cut glass knob to remove the panel. I had assumend that it was added later as it looked like a drawer pull. When I looked at Guscha link there appears to be a similar round knob but the detail is not good. Anyone recognize the knob in the attached picture to the original question?

Bill