Re: 1952 Patrician - Derham or Henney?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/4/22 21:14:34

Much of the trim was changed at some point, notice also that the rear bumper was changed to a 1953 style.

I didn't have a tape measure with me but the wheelbase is about 133-134 inches, will measure exactly next time I'm there.

Not sure what you mean by an "Executive" chassis, but Packard had no long wheelbase chassis in 1952, that didn't come along until 1953. Rejecting Henney's appeals for a LWB chassis in 1951/52 was not one of Packard's best decisions IMO. This car clearly started as a 1952 model and a very early one at that based on VN and body dash number.

More info will emerge, hopefully. It will be ingeresting to see what info if any surfaces in the Derham archives.