Parts Book Questions: Mayfair 300 and Henney

Posted by Packard Don On 2016/2/4 21:33:33

According to model listing in the 1948-1954 Packard parts book, the 1953 Mayfair and Convertible are 300. Aren't these 250?

Another general Parts Book question is on the model listing for each part. It seems to contain both body number and chassis number together although some parts specify a body number in parenthesis. Some do not seem to exist at all. For example 1n 2602-06-13-26-31 there is no body or chassis number 2602 that I can find other than in the model listings here on this site. My question is, was there model number, chassis number and body number as three separate things? I am trying to figure out what to use in my Parts Book database.

Also, are there any knowledgeable Henney people here? I thought I was one myself having owned many Henney-Packards since the '60s but the parts book has me confused. Perhaps it's not a good reference and should not to be believed as they even spelled Henney incorrectly in the introduction!

The first question is: in 1953 the commercial 2613 chassis is listed as having a 1st type and a 2nd type and each have a different starting engine number. Any ideas what this means or what was changed between the types if other than engine? The 1st type has L300000H while the 2nd type has L400000.

The second question is: the senior Henneys are listed as being in the 300 series and the Henney Junior are listed as Clipper, which is news to me on both counts. The senior Henney was a series of its own and the Henney Junior used the 127" wheelbase chassis, albeit with the smaller 288cid engine and Clipper dash, but it is clearly not a Clipper.

Any thoughts on any or all of this?