Extremely elegant and
uniquely rare, this stunning quality Packard 160
Convertible is "1 of only 133" produced for the shortened
1942 model year, with an "estimated survival rate" of less
than 10%. Well documented with 35,472 actual miles, car
#2027 is specifically mentioned within "The Packard
Cormorant Magazine" (Winter,80-81), article "Those Rare
1942 Packard Convertibles by A.H. Rohlfing" as "Among the
Packard One Sixty's, easily the oldest and lowest mileage
is A.F. Roddy's car #2027"...
During 1988, Christine Roddy
sold the car to Betsy Williams of Northern California, who
was known as a serious Packard enthusiast. Although the
car was a "solid actual mile survivor", Betsy would embark
on a fastidious professional quality body-on frame
restoration/preservation, one that required "several
decades" to complete. The extended time was mainly due to
her insistence that any important parts required "Must Be
NOS" original components and the extra time it took to
locate them...
During 2012, Betsy's husband
T.C. Williams sold the car to the current caretaker Ray M.
of Southern California whom is an avid and meticulous
collector, one "that insists that all components be in
full working order, as near perfect in cosmetic
presentation as possible and finally, it must be
roadworthy". During the 1st year, Ray and his on-location
curator spent many hours of "Fine Tuning" with full review
of every system, repairs/updates and cosmetics, as needed.
Subsequently, it was "Driven" from Newport Beach, CA to
the regional 2013 AACA Palm Springs event, where it
received it's 1st Junior Award status with NO point
deductions and a 2014 AACA National Award, nominated as an
Outstanding Vehicle by the AACA National Awards Committee.
Well sorted, truly a special Motorcar...
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