found a 1940 packard service car..need info

[nkdsnake]

what i've discovered so far...wheelbase is 161 inches. it's got leather in the drivers area. it needs someone stronger than me to tackle it.
no rust except under fender mount where spare goes.....any volunteers? we could make this a community thing...ha ha

[60Crown]

Like a '40 Packard Co-Op? Me likey!

Service Car time share it is.

[nkdsnake]

atti,
i had surgery on both my wrist,elbows and shoulders in march and it's a big bith trying to do anything....frustrating .so if things don't get better......i'm giving the wrenches to the grandson's and getting rid of some projects. putting tires on the packard nearly killed me.i had to go get blood drained off my elbow yesterday....ouch.

[nkdsnake]

cleaned the car out a bit.have some interior shots to share

[Morella]

Too bad the 70's are over. I can see you shining it up and showing up in front of Studio 54, in a polyester leisure suit. They'd probably fight over who got to park it.

I usually don't go for the older ones, but this is sweet!

-denise

[Scottyz06]

i found this 1940 packard nenney service car and it took me years to buy it.any idea on production numbers for a sweet car like this?jim

Nice Find !!!!! Welcome New Henney Owner !!!!!!

[Otto Baron]

It was in the late 1930's that Packard informed coachbuilders that you could only build on the Packard Chassis, or not at all. I believe this was about 1937. Henney was the only coachbuilder that went along with this edict, and until 1954, Henney was the only company to build on the Packard Chassis. This only applied in the United States, and I've seen a picture in the black book of one Henney bodied Cadillac built in Canada. This came to an end in 1954, when Packard decided against building a commercial chassis for 1955. Your Service car is an extriemly rare item, as very few were built. The purpose of a service car, was a utility vehicle. Used primarily for removels, and handling chairs used for graveside services, ect. The cost of such a vehicle was very close to the cost of a hearse, and so few were built. I would be surprised if even 10 Service cars from before WW2 have survived, so you really do have a very rare, and in my opinion, desireable coach.

[Scottyz06]

Here's some info. from "the Henney Motor Company: A Complete History" by Thomas Mcpherson (May 09) is a must get for any Henney owner (found mine on Amazon.com $58)... loads of Packard info . ...... I have a 1936 Henney/Oldsmobile Progress 8 that is very hard to find info on ... this book gave me lots of info that i havent been able to find before ... anyway , here's what I found on your 1940 : The Model 14095 Service Car was mounted on the Packard 1801-A commercial Chassis and sold new for a retail price of $2,420.oo .... an up-scale version on the Model 14195 mounted on the Super-Eight 1803-A Packard Commercial Chassis and sold for $2,835.60 ..... OK, it gets better ...I found Production # for 1940 Henney/Packards as follows :
1801-A : 1,053
1801-AB : 2
1803-A : 80
1803-AB: 10

if you can find your model # ??? if i can help ?? feel free to ask ...... Scott