Re: Henry Ford & Packard (trivia)...

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/3/3 14:37:36

The story I've read goes to say that the family looked for a Lincoln hearse but were unable to locate a funeral house in the area that had one. But of course there were Lincoln hearses, like Packards they were bodied by coach builders that specialized in that area though the Henney relationship with Packard was pretty much of an exclusive thing by that time.

If you go to the Professional Car Society web pages you might find some pictures of such Lincolns, I haven't checked but wouldn't be suprised if you found some.

You might also consider rattling around www.coachbuilt.com for information about Lincoln professional cars. There is a special dedicated section just of the coachbuilders for professional vehicles.