1941 Packard Coupe with AC - $23,500 OBO - Washington, MI.

[Lahti35]

1941 Packard Coupe with AC - $23,500 OBO - Washington, MI. 

 

Marketplace - 1941 Packard 120 · Business coupe | Facebook

 

1941 120 business coupe factory air conditioning Owned by the late Dr Charles Blackman It’s a complete car, small damage to passenger side window (cracks) it’s a beautiful 2 tone grey and black color, chrome is in good condition garage kept car It’s a rare junior car being a business coupe with factory air and it’s the second year Packard had air conditioning It’s located outside of Lansing Michigan 28,292 miles Scratches on the paint Has title 23.5k obo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kingrudy]

IMO the seller should have used a duster to make this car look as good as possible. Also, it would have been nice to have included if this car is a runner, or not. That much dust suggests that the car has not been driven in a while. The white walls being that yellow might also suggest that those tires have been in the car for some time. I don't know if the fact that the car has air conditioning or not increases the value of the car. Certainly sets this car apart from other 120s of this year. GLWTS

[deac]

I like this the look of this Packard.  I doubt the A/C works and technology and refrigerants used today have advanced so far that I don't know that you could resuscitate that system.  I assume it runs/drives.  I think there's some upholstery work to done. The seller writes that it has 28 thousand and change on the odometer; is that original mileage with documentation to back it up?  I don't think the seller puts much into maintaining the car and it's a junior model, 120, so I think the price is too aggressive.  Also is that household generic electrical cord used on the headlight junction block?

 

I like the 41 Buick 4 door convertible! sitting in the background!  There's also a pretty big pre war car there as well with artillery wheels. Anyone have an idea what it is?

[Leif in Calif]

I think the A/C makes this a very interesting car and I'd like to know more about the early history of automotive A/C.

The A/C shop down the street is not going to be able to get the system going again, but I bet there are those who could. I wonder what the original working medium was...

Ammonia was one of the earliest, and it is still used in some large commercial systems. 

 

[deac]

1 hour ago, Leif in Calif said:

I think the A/C makes this a very interesting car and I'd like to know more about the early history of automotive A/C.

The A/C shop down the street is not going to be able to get the system going again, but I bet there are those who could. I wonder what the original working medium was...

Ammonia was one of the earliest, and it is still used in some large commercial systems. 

 

assuming the A/C system is not working the seals are probably dried out and cracking.  What is the state of that old air compressor and associated hoses?  Are condenser and receiver drier useable?  Most modern refrigerants work at a higher pressure so that would put added stress on the old system.

Edited May 3 by deac (see edit history)

[58L-Y8]

4 hours ago, deac said:

"There's also a pretty big pre war car there as well with artillery wheels. Anyone have an idea what it is?"

The car to the right is a 1940 Packard Custom Super Eight One-Eighty either a Model 1807 All-Weather Cabriolet by Rollson or a Model 1808 All-Weather Town Car by Rollson.  The late 1930's-to-1942 Packard custom formal body styles were contracted to Rollston/Rollson.  The name change came because of a business reorganization and management changes.  Many of these late catalogued formal styles were built by Rollson based on the production body shells with modifications, considered semi-custom bodies.