Re: Various CL Pickings

Posted by Packard Don On 2019/8/5 1:41:34

A service car is the "sedan delivery" of the professional car being the same body as a hearse or ambulance but generally had no side windows on the doors, and on the sides were typically chrome wreaths rather than landau bars. They were primarily utility vehicles for delivering and picking up chairs from the grave site and even for picking up the casket/coffin to deliver it to the funeral home. They typically had rollers built into the rear floor like an end-loading hearse but we're not used in the funeral procession to carry the deceased. Like flower cars, they were expensive for their limited use so only the more affluent funeral homes had them. In 1953, the smaller Henney Junior appeared and often took over the role. My current 1951 Henney-Packard military ambulance was based on the windowless service car body.