Had a chance to drive a 1939 Henney on Friday

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Jeremy Lund

My boss just finished the restoration of his 1939 Henney Packard 3 way and gave us an in-service on Friday. He is making this coach available for services, so he walked us through how the table works and let us drive it. It was a pretty cool experience and I couldn't get the grin off of my face for hours. I can't wait to actually use it for a service. I never realized how high those coaches sat, the pall bearers are going to have to lift a little higher than usual. On a side note he is in need of 5 bier pins that were missing when he bought the coach, if anybody knows where to find some that would be a great help.

Jeremy
 
iPhone iMac i-etc....

Jeremy- just got an iPhone 4s. Took some pictures...mysteriously they transmitted themselves to my home computer (iMac)!!! Not that this helps you any.....Looking forward!!
Kev
 
Here is a photo, this coach is beautiful.

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This is a hearse built on the Super Eight chassis.. not the standard eight. This makes this hearse very rare, as most were standard eight. You can tell by the chrome trim on the side of the hood and the headlight buckets. This is a beautiful car.

The Super Eight Packards had larger engines, providing more power. The outside styling was different, including the headlights, side trim and side mount covers.

The 1938 and 1939 Packards were the same car with the exception of the tail lights and the hood ornament (known as the donut catcher, but really called the Godess of speed). The 38 hood ornament had a metal wing, the 39 had an etched glass wing. The 1938 Henney hearses (mine) were still wood framed, the 1939 were metel framed. The wood framed cars do not hold up as well and will eventually suffer from door sag. I have had mine repaired once already.
 
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