Re: Kanter's 1952 Packard Limo Restoration

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2016/5/6 8:39:19

This car is one of the last and possibly the very last coachbuilt Packard...

Well, certainly not the very last. 250 Henney limos and at least 13 or 14 other Derham formals and other styles followed it. And I suppose one could argue that the '53 Caribbeans were coachbuilt. But, regardless, it's historically significant as one of the last Dietrich projects; his last facility opened in 1949 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, d/b/a Raymond Dietrich, Inc. and closed 2 years later - probably his most noteworthy creation during this time was the Lincoln Cosmopolitan convertible for President Harry Truman, later fitted with a "bubble top" during the Eisenhower administration.

I've had a long-term interest in this car and I'm all in favor of seeing Dan and Fred bring it back to life.