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The Henney history book mentions a lot of collaboration between Packard engineering and Henney on commercial chassis design but kind of skips over any combined AC work. Henney came out with their first AC ambulance in 38 with Henney and Trane collaborating to adapt the 1 ton Trane commercial unit to the ambulance and the Packard chassis. That was in answer to Miller coming out with a Kelvinator collaboration in 37.

It would be interesting to know if Packard was at all involved with Henney on their 38 ambulance AC offering for possible future car use or if that was entirely a Henney operation. Since the 38 Macauley car had AC did Henney build the Macauley car and could the AC have been the same Trane commercial unit used in the ambulance or was it an early prototype B&B unit.

If it was the same Trane offering, looking at the one illustration of the unit mounted under the floor in the ambulance that must have been some masterful packaging to get all the mechanicals either in the trunk or between the frame rails in the car. The Henney-Trane collaboration was short lived because as soon as the Packard B&B unit was available in 40 the Trane unit was dropped and the Packard offering was reworked for the ambulance.

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I've always loved the 1941 Packard line ever since I can remember.
Seeing the 110 for $907., I wonder what Packard sold for $5550.?
Hope it would be equipped with the Cellarette option.
No matter, I'd fly to Detroit tomorrow for a new 1941 model.
I'm just 75 years too late:(.

I would assume the top priced model would be the LeBaron limousine. I have one in deplorable shape, too rare to scrap.

Did it come equipped with a Cellarette unit?
Or air conditioning?
Would love to see a photograph of your Limousine if available?

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There was one in the bone-yard at the Packard museum in Dayton for a while. It was a real deplorable mess, too. I don't know what happened to it. Did it end up with you?

Probably yes West, it came from Ohio. And nobody will be angry with either of us for calling it deplorable.

I know we're off topic, but as Fred is nearly done restoring the '52 limo, I want to put out there my suggestion that the LeBaron Limo should be next....I always wondered what happened to that car, as there exists and is available the mate to it, and unrestored car too good to turn one's back on. Between the two cars, there is one to survive restored. And we know Fred likes to use 2 cars to make one...