Here's My Kind of Limo.....

[JRoberts]

I ound this on the H.A.M.B.

[8E45E]

Here's the later version of the 7-passenger limo, based on the body similar to those cars in the showroom: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...ight=limousine

Craig

[JRoberts]

Craig, the later model you posted the link to is a grand automobile too, but for me I have always preferred the earlier "bathtub" models. Don't know why, maybe I'm just a little odd when it comes to automotive design.

[8E45E]

Craig, the later model you posted the link to is a grand automobile too, but for me I have always preferred the earlier "bathtub" models. Don't know why, maybe I'm just a little odd when it comes to automotive design.

Arguably, the 7-passenger sedan/limousine has the best proportions of all the Pregnant Elephant models.

Craig

[starliner62]

A little odd you say!! You like cars I can't even pronounce or spell!!!!!

Craig, the later model you posted the link to is a grand automobile too, but for me I have always preferred the earlier "bathtub" models. Don't know why, maybe I'm just a little odd when it comes to automotive design.

[Packard53]

The limo in the picture is a 1949 Packard built by Henney. The limo weighed around 4,900 lbs. and sold for nearly $ 4,900 costing roughly a buck a pound > Think the picture was a taken in 1953 as far as I can determine.

Bob Palma can you tell from the picture as to the Packard's in the show room are 53 or 54 Packard's. I believe the Packard on the left in the show room is a Patrician. Your thoughts please.

John S.

[JRoberts]

A little odd you say!! You like cars I can't even pronounce or spell!!!!!

SSShhhh...you don't have to tell everybody.....

[jclary]

Well Joe, you have good taste in Limo's, but for me...here's the ultimate Limo!

[BobPalma]

The cars in the showroom are 1953 models. The darker car on the left is a Patrician and the lighter car on the right is a Clipper. (By zooming in on the photo, you can see the distinctive side moldings of each.)

The Dodge out front is also a 1953 model....and given the weight of the subject car pointed downhill at the Dodge, I hope the parking brake is firmly set!

Neat photo; thanks. BP

[JRoberts]

Well Joe, you have good taste in Limo's, but for me...here's the ultimate Limo!

Well John you do have a point. I have seen this limo and it is very well done indeed.

[jimmijim8]

Back in the day as kids growing up in the 50's, when attending funerals we were quite mezmerized by seeing these stately Packards being used as limos , hearses and flower toters. Seemed most funeral homes used Packards or Cadu's.

[studegary]

Back in the day as kids growing up in the 50's, when attending funerals we were quite mezmerized by seeing these stately Packards being used as limos , hearses and flower toters. Seemed most funeral homes used Packards or Cadu's.

A local funeral home, with two branches has a 1929 Studebaker hearse that they still use on request.
Most funeral vehicles around here in the past were Cadillacs. I do not remember any Packards. I do remember when the funeral home in Fishkill (my hometown) got their new black 1956 Safari that they used for a service vehicle for years.

[JRoberts]

When I was still in high school the funeral home in a small neighboring town had a 36 Packard hearse for sale. My dad and I both wanted that car, but mom wasn't about to have a hearse parked in her driveway.