Re: 1952 Patrician - Derham or Henney?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/4/6 12:45:20

Thanks for your thoughts, Kev. Perhaps so, though it has a perhaps 15" shorter wheelbase. Another reason to suspect Henney is that, after Packard gave up LWB cars after the 23rd series, Henney tried to convince them (unsuccessfully) in 1951 and 52 to return to them. As has been suggested by Robert Neal, perhaps this way Henney's way of trying to entice them with something less than the full 149" wheelbase as used in 1953 and 54. Packard had no similar wheelbase (133-134")since 1939 though they did have a 138" in the conventional-bodied cars in 1941-42.

Obviously what I'm looking for is definitive knowledge of the car - although the photo is apparently dated, the car did (as I recall) change hands on eBay within the last 5 years so there's reason to believe it's out there somewhere.