Packard Woodies

The show Carography on FINE channel the other night was about "Woodies". Beside the typical Fords and Chryslers, etc., they showed in passing what appeared to be a 1941 180 Packard Woodie and had about a 1 minute segment on a beautiful, freshly restored (A/O 2002) 1948 Packard "Woodie" owned by Tom Harris. He described it as a "sedan wagon". Wow, what a beautiful car!

Anybody know year and number production on Packard "Woodies"? If one could find a "barn" example, it would certainly be worth restoring, given how hot woodies are today in the marketplace.

I wonder when the term "station sedan" started being used in place of station wagon? Packard info that I've seen from 1940 seems to only use station wagon in their description.

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I?ve often wondered the same. There was at least one 1954 "Patrician Station Sedan? built on a Henney senior chassis (you can see the photo at the packardclub.org library>showroom>1954).

I suspect it was a decision of the Marketing Dept, as ?wagon? has more of a rural/pedestrian connotation than ?sedan?.

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You're right, same as it is today, the rugged urban suv driver would never like to hear they're really driving a station wagon. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Check it out here http://www.vmrintl.com/ for pricing. A 1948 in #2 condition is $29,000 and I've never see one priced that low- more like $35-40K. Woodies of any kind should be grabbed up like convertibles if found unrestored for a realist price.

Yep, you?d be hard pressed to buy any Woody in true #2 condition for that price from what I?ve seen recently. I think it shows that ?price guides? are just that?guides. Their pricing often lags a year or more behind what?s currently ?hot? and what?s not.

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Craig: Thanks for posting of the Station Sedan. Seeing those pictures brings back memories of helping Brad getting his 48 Station Sedan out of storage after a 20 year nap.