Re: 1952 Patrician - Derham or Henney?

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2012/4/23 15:40:28

"...car existed for a year or so as a standard Patrician and the coversion was undertaken later?"

Quite possibly. Another scenario is that Henney was in the process of using up '52 body panels earmarked for the hearses and by year's end it came down to a first in / last out pull from the parts bin.

Something about the 148" (presumably 149"?) doesn't seem to add. Assuming the front doors are from a coupe, when one compares the front and rear door distance from respective vent window to B-pillar (choose any measurement point you wish), the balance as Ross earlier stated is quite good. The standard sedans also have this balance. By deduction, if the front door is from a coupe, which we know to be 9 inches longer than a sedan, then the back door must have been extended the same. 127" wheelbase + 18" = 145" wheelbase.

Wish we could confirm the 148" dimension or get door width dimensions front and rear.