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2413 [ 2413 ] Henney-Packard Military Amb

Model Information
YEAR:
1951
SERIES:
24th
MODEL BODY:
2413
MODEL CHASSIS:
2413
MODEL NAME:
Henney-Packard Military Amb
VIN NUMBER:
2413-2165
THEFT NUMBER:
*MISSING*
BRIGGS/OTHER NUM:
*MISSING*
General Information
STATUS:
Current Owner
STATUS DATE:
ACQUIRED WHERE:
Oakland, CA
ACQUIRED DATE:
ACQUIRED CONDITION:
Parts Car
OWNER:
PackardDon
OWNED LOCATION:
Terrebonne, OR
OWNED CONDITION:
Parts Car
ORG DEALERSHIP:
DELIVERED DATE:
Interior Information Exterior Information
INTERIOR CODE:
PAINT CODE:
PAINT NAME:
INTERIOR DESCRIPTION:
No partition, full-length folding bench seats in rear compartment, one down each side, with floor and ceiling cot hangers. Heater mounted on rear floor behind front seat and roof air vent.
EXTERIOR DESCRIPTION:
Originally a blue-gray color, now white.
Drivetrain Information
ENGINE:
327 5-Main
ENGINE SERIAL:
J407044
TRANSMISSION:
327 5-Main
Other Information
OPTIONAL EQUIPTMENT:
Former U.S. Air Force 3-door model. Heaters
front and rear, fresh air inlet in roof, rear bumper
step, backup lights. All '51-'54 Henney-Packards
had overdrive transmission even if option was not
ordered. It was not ordered on this one either but
it's there.
VEHICLE HISTORY/
PROJECT STATUS:
This car ran well the one and only time I ever
started it and is rollable but it has the incorrect
rear axle as the original reason I purchased it was
as a donor of the rear axle for another 1951
Henney combination coach. It is probably
restorable but I do not intend on doing so as I
have many other projects ahead of this one and
I'm not getting any younger!Although
Henney offered a smaller 3-door ambulance, the
Henney Junior, on the 127" wheelbase with the
little 288 cid engine, this one is on the long 156"
Packard commercial chassis with the 327 cid
engine, and was a special order for the U.S. Navy.
As was typical of vehicles ordered by the military,
this coach did not have all the chrome usually
found on the Henney hearses and ambulances. In
particular, the stone guards and rear fender trim
are not there nor was it ever drilled for these
pieces. The rear side door panels are there and
they are probably even mounted using hinges but
they are welded or bolted shut under the
upholstery and do not have handles inside or out.
Instead there are folding bench seats running the
full length on each side of the rear compartment,
which is un-partitioned from the driver's area. It
appears that the windows in the rear door panels
were added sometime after the coach was built
but I am not sure about that since they may have
been part of the special order by the military. I do
know that they are different than those found on
other Henneys and are not openable.It appears to
have had five lights mounted on
the roof sometime in its life. One may have been
a large rotary "gumball" type, and the others were
probably smaller warning lights and all were near
the front third of the roof. These lights are not
there now.I don't know much of the
coach's history except that it was originally
ordered by the military as mentioned, and was
probably used primarily for transporting personnel
on the two full length bench seats. It also saw
service with Aerojet General in Southern
California and, as far as I know, it has always
been a California car. When I purchased it many
years ago it was located in Berkeley, California.
Vehicle Modifications
MODIFICATIONS:
Currently has an incorrect Dana rear axle that
was reportedly from a Jeep but with the spring
mounts relocated to accommodate those on the
car with proper one awaiting installation. Windows
on dummy side doors were apparently added
later.
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