6T-FinSeeker 1,093 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) For sale on Facebook: 1939 Packard Hearse in Haltom City, TX - $100,000 - Must be a member of Facebook to access Seller's contact information Link: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/758373438425064/1939-Packard-Hearse Seller's Description: 1939 Packard Hearse Exterior color: Black · Interior color: Black Completely and beautifully restored 1939 Packard Hearse. Would love to see a funeral home utilize this vintage Hearse or someone who collects them. Maybe even a haunted event or house. The Hearse does not belong to me. I am, a liaison between customer & vehicle. Please contact me at the number provided [hidden information] and will connect you to the seller. Edited February 8 by 6T-FinSeeker update status (see edit history) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GregLaR 2,538 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) Interesting car but pretty limited usability/return on investment. No funeral home is gonna bite at $100K. Edited January 23 by GregLaR (see edit history) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TerryB 2,900 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 That 100k is a dream not reality. Link to post Share on other sites
bryankazmer 301 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I think it's by Henney. The sidemount cover style is used on commercial chassis. Link to post Share on other sites
58L-Y8 1,846 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Yes, a Henney body, Packard and Henney having entered into a contract for exclusive use of each other's chassis and commercial coachbuilding services in 1937. This hearse is built on the 1939 Super Eight 1703A commercial chassis. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
kingrudy 320 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 A complete restoration of this vehicle had to cost quite a bit. I believe that he is trying to recoup his investment on this "limited use" car. Link to post Share on other sites
TerryB 2,900 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 The last thing I would want to do is spend $100k for something that reminds me every day “the end is near”. I can buy a sign for $5 to get that news or better yet, for free, listen to all the creaks and groans my body makes when I try to do something like getting out of bed. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites
suchan 429 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 It's on BAT as well: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1939-packard-hearse/ Bid to $42K at present. Link to post Share on other sites
oldIHtruck 35 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 from the photos available, look at the spark plug spacing vs. the length of the engine - looks to be a 6 cylinder engine. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Harwood 12,188 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 They should take the $42K bid and run, cackling like escaped convicts. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
58L-Y8 1,846 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 10 hours ago, oldIHtruck said: from the photos available, look at the spark plug spacing vs. the length of the engine - looks to be a 6 cylinder engine. The engine is the 320 c.i. straight eight used in the other 1939 Super Eight models. Its a one-year version of the 320 engine Packard had built since 1929, powerplant for their Standard Eights, Light Eight, Eights and Super Eights in the ensuing model years. With the rationalization of the Super Eight to share the 120 chassis and body, changes were made to major components to fit in the engine bay. The 320 was replaced with the new mono-block 356 ci straight eight for the 1940 Super Eight 160 and 180. Link to post Share on other sites
GregLaR 2,538 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Things that make you go "Hmmmm?" 2 Link to post Share on other sites
1935Packard 703 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 18 hours ago, Matt Harwood said: They should take the $42K bid and run, cackling like escaped convicts. I can appreciate that, although it seems that the same car sold for $58K at auction just last year. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25718/lot/107/?category=list Link to post Share on other sites
1935Packard 703 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Write-up on the car in the Wall Street Journal in 2018: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-1939-hearse-that-refuses-to-die-1537881549 "One day in 1998, I saw an ad for it in Hemmings Motor News. I bought it for $900 and the seller told me that if I restored it, he would give me the $900 back. He eventually did, so in essence, I got this car for free. Don’t even ask me what I put into the restoration. It was not cheap." 1 Link to post Share on other sites
m-mman 376 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 6 hours ago, GregLaR said: Things that make you go "Hmmmm?" Makes perfect sense. You ALWAYS need an inside handle on the rear door of a hearse. (flower cars too) The inside of hearses can become littered with lots of flower debris and gloves, prayer cards etc. Immediately after returning to the funeral home someone needs to get inside and sweep it out for the next funeral. (likely within an hour) This car is a "3-way" so there is no divider (so you can exit the front doors) but on an end loading coach (with a divider) while trying to clean it out in the funeral home garage (where the doors can never open completely) it is very easy to have them slam shut and then you find yourself locked inside. Waiting, waiting for someone to notice that you are missing, then finally come out the the garage and free you from your trap. Yes inside handles are VERY NECESSARY 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GregLaR 2,538 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 24 minutes ago, m-mman said: Makes perfect sense. You ALWAYS need an inside handle on the rear door of a hearse. (flower cars too) The inside of hearses can become littered with lots of flower debris and gloves, prayer cards etc. Immediately after returning to the funeral home someone needs to get inside and sweep it out for the next funeral. (likely within an hour) This car is a "3-way" so there is no divider (so you can exit the front doors) but on an end loading coach (with a divider) while trying to clean it out in the funeral home garage (where the doors can never open completely) it is very easy to have them slam shut and then you find yourself locked inside. Waiting, waiting for someone to notice that you are missing, then finally come out the the garage and free you from your trap. Yes inside handles are VERY NECESSARY Your logic has completely ruined this for me. I was expecting something much more sinister.... 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites
JACK M 2,276 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 To bad the wall street journal story requires membership. Link to post Share on other sites
NC-car-guy 3,209 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Some of these guys that collect professional cars really pay big money. Link to post Share on other sites
m-mman 376 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 4 hours ago, NC-car-guy said: Some of these guys that collect professional cars really pay big money. Professional car HOBBYISTS are not typically big spenders, but a Funeral Home owner could justify a higher price as an advertisement and write it off as a tax deduction. Link to post Share on other sites
NC-car-guy 3,209 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 2 hours ago, m-mman said: Professional car HOBBYISTS are not typically big spenders, but a Funeral Home owner could justify a higher price as an advertisement and write it off as a tax deduction. Collectors..not hobbyists. I'm a hobbyist..and still have 4k into my clapped out caddy hearse. But serious collectors, I've seen dump some money on what id call junk.lol Link to post Share on other sites
6T-FinSeeker 1,093 Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 On 2/7, Seller deleted the Facebook ad. Link to post Share on other sites
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