Re: 1955-56 Packard Corporate Limousine

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2013/3/28 8:38:05

He also mis-planned the '53 Henney Packard Junior ambulance that resulted in even more losses.

Apparently the losses from the Henney Junior program were extreme. According to the Tom McPherson article on the Henney Juniors which appeared in The Professional Car (3rd quarter 2012) Henney made an error in costing the product and lost $615 on every one of the Juniors built for the U.S. Government, and $229 on the first 84 built for the civilian market. When they raised the price (which came too late) they were overpriced compared to the competition from Superior, Barnett and Economy products which were built on Pontiac Chieftan and Chrysler Windsor chassis which were extended to signifantly longer wheelbases.