Re: Kanter's 1953 Packard Limo Restoration

Posted by HH56 On 2016/5/5 12:13:13

That AC unit has another interesting anomaly. Henney was what I would consider to be a master of packaging so building the car with that trunk install brings up another question.

When you can take a commercial unit designed for a building walk in box running on 110v and package it so it is installed and functioning in a mid 30s combination car (ambulance/service car) as was reported in The Complete History of Henney book or take the later Packard designed B & B unit, redesign and package that in an ambulance cabinet it kind of makes you wonder why they didn't rearrange the blowers on that AC unit so the outlets point more toward the floor and the duct direction.

It would seem if the excess ducting taken up by pointing upward and then transitioning down thru a tight bend was eliminated air flow would have been improved. Wonder if there was originally some kind of cover over the unit and it was done quickly because it was out of sight out of mind or if Henney actually did that install.