Re: Photo of a Henney flower car from my collection

Posted by Packard Don On 2024/2/12 11:39:35

That might be George Hamlin’s car but if not, he has one like it. George runs the virtual Henney chapter of the Professional Car Society of which I am a member. I only ever saw one once myself and that was in Fresno, CA for a meet between Northern California and the Southern California chapters of PAC (Fresno is more or less midway). I drove my 1952 Henney-Packard Nu-3-Way for the several-day event.

The compartment underneath did have rollers in the floor and could carry the casket during a funeral but typically it was not used for that purpose. The rollers were primarily for picking up the casket from the maker when a service car was not available. Per the other post, a service car is like the panel truck or sedan delivery of the funeral industry without side windows (other than the front doors, of curse) and was a utility vehicle. My 1951 USAF ambulance was based on a service car body.