I can see you and Brenda now, Danny, cruising around Chilhowee Park at the Knoxville NSRA with 15 of your closest friends!
John, I was doing some research this morning, this is what I found. This 8 door 1940 La Salle woodie originally served at Meadow Brook Hall and was used to take staff to town on their days off and to drive guests around the estate. It was donated in 1950 to the Pontiac Boys Club and eventually was obtained by the present owner, who resides in California. Meadow Brook Hall is a mansion in Rochester Hills, Michigan. HRP
The LaSalle is definitely a cool limo, however at first glance I thought of a row of stall doors in a latrine. Yeah, I might be a bit warped. Lynn
One of a kind 1934 Packard Super Eight converted at some time early in its life to a hunting car, it is said to be undergoing a restoration. Check out that exhaust pipe. HRP
Beautiful cars! The craftsmanship and attention to detail in all that woodwork is just beautiful. I can only imagine how much work goes into building or restoring one of those wooden bodies. I hope they retain the woodwork when they restore that Packard.
You could looad half a dozen long boards in that with the tail gate closed and still have rood for the kids. That sucker is longer than a bad dream man.
This 1934 Packard Super Eight Hunting Car by McAvoy & Son was last sold at the RM Sotheby's Hershey (2016) classic car auction on Oct 7, 2016 for $55,000 bucks. I found a site where a gentleman was doing the wood work but it appears he is finished with his part of the restoration. I believe the National Woodie Club is involved in the restoration, these are the last photo's showing the replaced wood and it looks great. HRP
Don’t you suppose cars like these were finished at custom coach work shops outside of the car factory?
Sure, In the early 1920s, Ford Motor Company established a sawmill, a lumber processing plant, and a factory near the city of Iron Mountain in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Wood parts built at the Iron Mountain plant were shipped out to Ford suppliers who used them to assemble Model T, Model A, and early Ford V-8 bodies. After Ford adopted all-steel sedan bodies in 1937, Iron Mountain built wood station wagon bodies through 1951. This is from the Ford site. HRP
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