Re: Interesting 41 120 listed on Hemmings

Posted by Dave Brownell On 2015/10/2 10:40:22

Haven't we seen this car (or perhaps one of the other two) on this forum, or am I reading too many Packard books? While an interesting concept in a very formal car, it's certainly not one I'd choose to call attractive. But then again, I am not descended from either Astors or Vanderbilts.

My grandmother who did have both money and a chauffer for her Packards between World Wars, did seem to have a sense of propriety in the cars she chose to be seen in. Only once in a series of black closed sedans did she go off the reservation with a 1938 or 1939 yellow Super Eight convertible sedan. She must have enjoyed her second childhood with that one because it lasted her until the Buick-buying started after the war. Her brand loyalty appeared to be with a particular salesman who had moved from a Packard dealership to a Buick one. By that time she had reverted to conservative Buick Roadmaster sedans and the chauffer had gone off to other things. Her daughter drove that Packard convertible that her mother passed down until one one of those Buicks was cast off into her direction. I sure wish it had been kept in the family. If it had been this Rollston formal sedan, I might not have wanted it as much.