Merry Christmas and welcome to Packard Motor Car Information! If you're new here, please register for a free account.  
Login
Username:

Password:

Remember me



Lost Password?

Register now!
FAQ's
Main Menu
Recent Forum Topics
Who is Online
95 user(s) are online (88 user(s) are browsing Forums)

Members: 0
Guests: 95

more...
Helping out...
PackardInfo is a free resource for Packard Owners that is completely supported by user donations. If you can help out, that would be great!

Donate via PayPal
Video Content
Visit PackardInfo.com YouTube Playlist

Donate via PayPal



(1) 2 »

1948 Henney hearse wheels needed
#1
Just popping in
Just popping in

48 Henney
See User information
I am currently working on resurrecting a '48 Custom Eight Henney hearse and am in need of 4 correct 16" wheels.
The car was rescued from a junkyard 40 years ago by a longtime friend and was missing wheels and tires. They found some 15"Jeep wheels with the larger center holes and 5 x 5.5" bolt pattern in the yard to drive it out of there, but they are in rough shape and look wrong. The hearse wheels don't interchange with production Packards. Have noticed that most of the hard luck survivors I've found pics of on the internet are also missing the original wheels. Not sure why. Anyone have some salvagable wheels around, maybe left over from a resto-mod project? Thanks.


Click to see original Image in a new window

Posted on: 7/5 15:29
 Top  Print   
 


Re: 1948 Henney hearse wheels needed
#2
Home away from home
Home away from home

Pgh Ultramatic
See User information
Funnily enough this is a common enough occurrence that Ross was delighted when I have him some spare original 55 Clipper wheels. And he has parted out many cars...

Posted on: 7/5 16:10
1955 400 | Registry | Project Blog
1955 Clipper Deluxe | Registry | Project Blog
1955 Clipper Super Panama | Registry
Email (Parts/service inquiries only, please. Post all questions on the forum.)
service@ultramatic.info
 Top  Print   
 


Re: 1948 Henney hearse wheels needed
#3
Webmaster
Webmaster

BigKev
See User information
***TOPIC MOVED TO POST-WAR FORUM***

Posted on: 7/5 18:59
-BigKev


1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Touring Sedan -> Registry | Project Blog

1937 Packard 115-C Convertible Coupe -> Registry | Project Blog
 Top  Print   
 


Re: 1948 Henney hearse wheels needed
#4
Forum Ambassador
Forum Ambassador

flackmaster
See User information
Actually not that hard to find, suprisingly, if you modify your search radar to include 37-38 Super 8 wheels.

Posted on: 7/5 19:22
 Top  Print   
 


Re: 1948 Henney hearse wheels needed
#5
Home away from home
Home away from home

Packard Don
See User information
I had some for sale for a long time but then decided to revive my 1951 so they got used along with a couple more that I had to buy. Try Mike Chirco at Tucson Packards and note that any 1948-1954 senior and junior Henney-Packard wheel is the same other than those used on the long wheelbase sedans. As already mentioned, several prewar models also use them.

Note also that while many 1948-1950 Wheel covers look like they should fit, not all will. Those that fit have the inner ring that is recessed about 3/8" from the outer rim and yours were probably the type with the Cloisonné emblem, PN 403031, which were used up to 1951. I have one of those and a second with the Cloisonné holes but none mint. Possible some of the non-Cloisonné too but again, none mint.

Posted on: 7/5 20:49
 Top  Print   
 


Re: 1948 Henney hearse wheels needed
#6
Just popping in
Just popping in

48 Henney
See User information
Thanks for the info Don! I've already received a tip for a possible source of the Henney only wheels. Checked my parts book and confirmed that 48-54 will work, which might make things easier. Looks like you have the same "affliction" as me, dragging these old dogs out of the weeds. The only down side with finding correct wheels is I'll have no hubcaps. With the crappy Jeep wheels on it now, at least I can use later 15" Packard wheel covers. I have a dozen or more 22nd-23rd series caps hanging on the wall with the recessed inner lip that apparently won't do me much good.
Click to see original Image in a new window


Steve

Posted on: 7/6 8:11
 Top  Print   
 


Re: 1948 Henney hearse wheels needed
#7
Forum Ambassador
Forum Ambassador

flackmaster
See User information
jeep wheels with hubcaps....That'll work. LT tires and off you go...

Posted on: 7/6 8:37
 Top  Print   
 


Re: 1948 Henney hearse wheels needed
#8
Home away from home
Home away from home

Packard Don
See User information
Be sure the tip on the wheels isn’t from prouddavid as he’s a scammer with a profile that’s a copy-and-paste of mine!

Click to see original Image in a new window

Posted on: 7/6 11:47
 Top  Print   
 


Re: 1948 Henney hearse wheels needed
#9
Home away from home
Home away from home

Packard Don
See User information
Quote:
Looks like you have the same "affliction" as me


I’ve owned Henney-Packards since I was a teenager in the ‘60s and even had a 1948 Landaulet Nu-3-Way for many decades which I bought to save from the crusher. Even though I never did any work on it, I located and bought the missing side-loading table and lots of other missing parts to make it complete, then sold it to the elderly son on the local Packard dealer some years ago. He apparently died and it went into the hands of a car butcher and has been resto-modded! It showed up on Facebook Marketplace a while back. These coaches have a good value when properly restored and maybe value too when resto-modded but with the latter, there is a very limited audience.

Posted on: 7/6 11:54
 Top  Print   
 


Re: 1948 Henney hearse wheels needed
#10
Just popping in
Just popping in

48 Henney
See User information
I also hate to see these elegant old beasts hacked up into street rods. Small consolation is at least it keeps a few of them away from the crusher. Mine had about every available option from the factory, but all of the funeral hardware had been removed decades ago. A built-in cooler in back and evidence of red paint in the door jambs suggests it may have been used as a football tailgating car or a camper. No doubt it was the pride of someone's funeral home in its prime. I'm re-sheeting the rear with plywood for cargo or a possible rear seat some day. The interior was a racoon B & B with all the upholstery consumed. A very VIVID purple and sure it will take half a football field of fabric to replace. Need to come up with a manual window conversion for front doors and will block rear door glass closed. Restoring the hydraulic system is not in the cards.

Posted on: 7/7 16:07
 Top  Print   
 




(1) 2 »





- The following Google Ad-Sense Advert helps fund the cost of providing this free resource -
- Logged in users will not see these. Please Join and Donate to help support the website -
Search
Recent Photos
Photo of the Day
Recent Registry
Upcoming Events
Website Comments or Questions?? Click Here Copyright 2006-2024, PackardInfo.com All Rights Reserved