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This is related to the 160 Woody thread but I am starting a new one so as not to muddy things further.

Stuart Blond graciously forwarded this picture to me. It is from an old Eastern Packard Club Bulletin. I remembered the car as a 160 , but it is a 1940 120 with a custom station wagon body.

It belonged for decades to Nils Skog, the founder of the Eastern Packard Club. I remember it as painted s light green . This picture was taken before it was painted that color. Afther Nils died about 20 years ago it changed hands more than once. The last time I saw it was about 8 years ago at the Greenwich Concours. tt was under the care of Byron York at the time, I think it was for sale.

The original owner had it bodied by the New Haven Body Company . He was a salesman for the Harmon Kardon radio company. The body is full of drawers and compartments for samples The lines were a little more deft than the catalog offerings , but that is a relative judgment.

I tried to find a picture of this car on the internet . There are many pictures of light green 1940 120 wagons, but none of them are this car. You will notice that the exterior door handles are vertical, not horizontal .

There ia a very good article about this car in one of the older Packard Cormorants but I have not figured out which issue it is yet

Regards


John Harley

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