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Today I'm going to go look at a 1941 long wheelbase sedan with factory A/C. If anyone needs me to look at and photograph anything specific for their own restoration, please let me know.

Alas, Sure wish it was a Clipper so you could see any other differences in AC between it and conventional bodies. Would be nice to determine an obvious reason why and how they moved the compressor and mount to the other side of the engine from that on conventional bodies and what they did with the oil filter.

Maybe one of these days one will come along besides the one in Texas but on the LWB you are checking can you examine the rear seat closely and maybe take a photo or two of the seat base if you can see a gap or path for return air flow anywhere. All the info says is the seat is raised and return air is pulled from under the seat. I am just curious if there is an obvious visible space and if there is, where and how large.

Great idea, thank you Howard! I am curious too.

This 160 is all original and appears close to 100% complete although the compressor is off and in the trunk. This car is in Tucson, AZ where it was sold new in 1941. Seems rather high priced at $28k though. Any thoughts about that?

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Wish I could help on price but don't much follow prewar and if I did, being a charter member of the buy high sell low club doubt if my guess would be of much use anyway.

When I see these old grand Packards, I wonder what lost story it could tell. Who was the wealthy person that bought it? Was it chaufer driven ? Most of all, how did it survive? What a sight to behold if fully restored?

When I see these old grand Packards, I wonder what lost story it could tell. Who was the wealthy person that bought it? Was it chaufer driven ? Most of all, how did it survive? What a sight to behold if fully restored?

When I see these old grand Packards, I wonder what COST story it could tell AFTER RESTORATION.

BUT if you love it go for it. When they started collecting cars 100 yrs ago the last thing people thought about was making $$$$$$$$$$.

That said their asking to much.

Don't know the history and neither does the seller but without a partition, not sure if it was chauffeur-driven or not. Just got back from seeing it and it is remarkably solid and complete. It's so dry here in Tucson I would have been surprised to find any rust. I didn't climb under it but nevertheless, the price to me seems double what it should be.

Howard, more on the A/C air intake soon.

Nice, complete, original old unit Don - good luck with scoping it out. Have to agree with Packard Barry though, that they're asking too much. When I was looking for my car, I was in serious discussions with a guy in Washington on a RESTORED 160 for $30K. That car was '39 or '40, can't remember, so not sure if that one-or-two-year-newer would make a significant difference, and the 160 I looked at HAD been restored quite a few years back, but it was a frame-off and the car still looked pretty jammy to my, at-the-time, untrained 'Packard eye'.
Anyway, best of luck! Chris

I had to wait for the photos to appear on my iPad and the've just arrived so here is what I found on the air intake. The seat does not appear to have been raised but if it was, not enough room to even get fingers into it. However, there was a notch toward the passenger side that appeared to have a heater in it and it appreared to be the only source of air. The car also had an ugly rug on top of the original and several layers of seat covers. There was also an under-seat heater and the heater under the dash.

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