Re: Packard Model Info (1946/1947)

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/8/28 8:19:56

GTO has it correct if it's the car I'm thinking of and it was the only one like that I'd ever seen, and supposedly a one-off, post sale, modification of a factory car. The photo was taken at an Eastern Packard Club picnic at Doc Crecenzi's estate in Westchester. The owner for many years was Bob Skop of Fanwood, NJ. There never was any documentation about the modifications for a southern state government (TN was mentioned), but in any case it wasn't done as professionally as Henney might have done it, you could still see a faint sheet metal outline of where the rear quarter window was blanked in. And yes, it no longer had the correct engine, the 356 being replaced with a 288 as GTO indicated.

Mr. Skop was a long-time Packard collector and admirer and had many over the years. I don't recall the disposition of the car after his passing but could probably find that out, his wife is still active in the local PAC regions.

Some of his other Packards were a pair of 22nd series Custom 8s, a convertible victoria and a sedan, a 1941 LeBaron town car, 1940 or 41 Darrin convertible which was for sale at Warren 2 or 3 years ago, and a 1933 Super Eight sedan which later passed to Richie Fass at Stone Barn restorationa and then to a gentleman down south (Florida I believe) who I've heard from a few times since though I can't recall his name.