Re: 1952 Patrician - Derham or Henney?

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2012/4/23 8:00:45

Owen - the comment you made about Packard rejecting Henney's appeals, do you think this might have been Henney's way of convincing them? Find a willing buyer perhaps through a Derham contact, shorten the 156" hearse chassis by 7 inches (if no signs of cut/weld were found on the frame maybe they ordered a one-off frame as was suggested), give Derham a piece of the action by letting them do the rear roof section and interior, then gather up the positive feedback from the customer and his friends.

Perhaps this is why only this car has long doors front and rear? For production they may have all concluded it was easiest to do a 6-window style like Cadillac, working off a standard sedan front door and coupe rear section. Just guessing...