PARTING OUT 1954 Packard Patrician Executive Sedan 8 Passenger Henney Body Limo

[Guest challengersteve]

You are buying a 1954 Packard 8 Passenger Executive Sedan.

This was a custom bodied car built by the Henney Coachwork Company using an extended Patrician body and the long wheelbase commercial chassis.

They only made 100 of these long wheelbase Henney built cars and 65 were the sedans (like this one) and 35 were the divider window limos. Of these 100 cars only 10 others are known to still exist. Of the 100 they built this is the 3rd one built (serial number 2003).

This car has been sitting since 1966 and is basically complete but of course will need a complete restoration.

The car is VERY RARE as it is a Heater Delete, Radio Delete, Manual Brakes and Steering and Standard Transmission.

This was originally blue with a blue interior but was painted black at one time.

All the glass was broken out while sitting.

The car is not really terribly rusty and looks to have never been in the northern road salt as the underside is very clean. The main rust is confined to portions of the floors, lower quarters and rockers. The firewall, fenders, doors, roof, and basic structure of the car look very solid. All the doors open and close great.

The straight 8 engine looks to the the original one and has the aluminum cylinder head and 4 barrel carb. The underhood area looks basically complete but the radiator and front radiator plate are missing.

All the correct wheels are there and the brakes are not stuck and the car will roll fine with tires that hold air.

I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND interested parties CALL ME to discuss all the particulars on this very rare car.

I Do Not Have A Title but I will sign a Notorized Bill Of Sale.

The car is 1750.00 and I accept Paypal and Credit Cards over the phone as well as cash on pickup.

The car is located in Alma, Arkansas (Just outside Ft Smith, Arkansas) and just 2 miles north of I-40.

Please call Steve at 479-430-4886 to discuss this further

Edited April 14, 2013 by challengersteve (see edit history)

[Guest challengersteve]

I have dropped the price to 1200.00 for a quick sale. If anyone is interested please call me at 479-430-4886

Thanks, Steve Schweitzer

[Guest challengersteve]

I am now PARTING OUT THIS CAR so if you need anything please let me know. I will ship worldwide and accept Paypal and credit cards over the phone.

Thanks, Steve

479-430-4886

steve@stevesparts.com

[Guest BJM]

Steve

The car is best sold as a unit. I don't believe you are giving the sale enough time. About every 2 days we get a new post with a new price or direction. This forum (AACA Buy/Sell) results in very few actual sales. Most of us come on here for human interest, to see what is available.

If this car were advertised in the Packard Club's Cormorant Bulletin, I am sure a post war Packard geek would buy it, but inclusion in the magazine would take 6-8 weeks. OR an ebay auction, considering your fair price, would result in a sale in 7-8 days.

It's all about the marketplace when offering this car for sale, this is not really a marketplace.

Even if I purchased it, I would need to arrange transport, which for a LWB car presents issues.

[Guest BJM]

I followed up with this seller. The car was parted and crushed. I guess the restoration hobby is bottoming out when 1 of 100 iconic 54 Henney bodied Packard limouisnes are crushed from no interest. At his lowest, he had it priced at $1200 obo.

[packard lover]

It is a sad state of affairs, but the cost of restoration is so high that it discourages most hobbyists. We can't save them all, although some of us would like to.

[Guest BJM]

I agree. For me it's usually wrong place right time or right place wrong time. I had as many as 9 old cars. Sold off a few and would like to focus on Packard. I have a 22nd series Custom 8 so I wanted something different and this 54 Limousine would have been perfect. As little as 2 months ago when he 1st posted, I had not gotten rid of very many of my cars, nor had I raised the money to offer on this car. Now, the money and space are available and the car is forever gone. I agree that with the 1st purchase of significance on this 54 Packard, a person would have been upside down, say chrome. But for me it would not have mattered as I would have tag teamed the 2 Packards for the duration of my hobby interest and gotten my money out of it and preserved a significant Packard to put back in the pool. Oh well.

[flyntgr]

Anyone having a usable 1954 aluminum head for my Pacific please let me know. 985-515-1292.

[60FlatTop]

Where are the other 99?

Bernie

[JACK M]

Must be how many are left after one is crushed.

[Guest]

Seems unusual to me that this long wheel base/limo bodied car would have had heater and radio delete when ordered new. What do you suppose the reason for that might be?

[JACK M]

I noticed that as well,

who knows.

[Packard Don]

On 4/18/2016 at 1:35 PM, Guest said:

Seems unusual to me that this long wheel base/limo bodied car would have had heater and radio delete when ordered new. What do you suppose the reason for that might be?

Old post but I’ll comment anyway. These long wheelbase sedans were typically purchased as mourners vehicles by funeral homes and had no need for a radio. Some were even ordered with manual transmission!

Edited October 25, 2023 by Packard Don (see edit history)