Vehicle Description
1941 Packard 110 Sedan
The Packard Eighteenth Series One-Ten was a range of six-cylinder
automobiles produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit,
Michigan during the 1940 and 1941 model years. The One-Ten
designation was renamed from the previous Packard Fifteenth Series
Six (115-C). The One-Ten shared the wheelbase of the One-Twenty but
was given the One-Ten designation to indicate it was the entry
level product. Packard reintroduced a line of six-cylinder cars in
1937 after a ten-year absence as a response to the economic
depression and ongoing recovery cycle in the United States. As an
independent automaker, Packard could not look to other internal
divisions to support its luxury models, so the inclusion of the
Six, and the later One-Ten, was necessary to aid in supporting the
firm's bottom line until better times returned. Critics of the
Packard Six and One-Ten have long maintained they hurt Packard's
reputation of being America's premier luxury marque. Still, the
reintroduction of the Six could not have come at a better time for
the automaker, just prior to the nation's 1938 economic
depression.
For consignment, an answer to the depression era in the form of the
Packard 110 from 1941. This car can do a road rally, show up at the
club in style, or just cruise down the highway all day at 55+. It
looks great outside, although the consignor states it needs some
TLC on the interior. Read on!
Exterior
Like my morning cup of coffee I see cinnamon lowers and cream
uppers on this long steel bodied car, and this was their basic
offering due to the depression. Not unlike the Isetta did for BMW,
those 110 brought the company back from the brink of bankruptcy. A
very tasteful design though, in that it has the rich vertical tall
grille and V shaped hood which is in the cream paint. Flanking the
main grille are dual smaller vertical ribbed elongated oval grille
which emulate the curve of the front fenders and float above the
bumper. The cinnamon takes over and bathes these curvaceous front
fenders that sport a single headlight and rocket trail-esque turn
signal light and long trim behind it. The fenders eventually melt
into a running board, and eventually the smaller protruding rear
fenders. Body work metal shows some scratching, dents and dings and
slight rust on the scratched metal parts. The front windshield is a
split window version and doors share a common B pillar for their
latches, making the rear doors suicide doors. The "humpback" tail
has the lid handle and a slightly body emulating curved rear
bumper. Chromed dog dish style wheel coverings are wrapped in
slightly wide whites to add a touch of class for the plebes.
Interior
Here we see broadcloth door panels in gray which are slightly
soiled. A front bench is the same, in the gray broadcloth as is the
grandmother's couch like rear bench with lots-o-legroom. A faux
wood grain painted dash is housing the instruments which are nicely
warmed by bakelite trimmings in caramel, (which I also like to put
into my coffee), and art deco styled instrumentation. Bakelite
caramel covered square knobbed pulls are below the speedo, and more
ribbed bakelite is in the center for the radio speaker vertical
grid. This grid looks like it was chewed by an intrusive squirrel,
(even though that's doubtful), and does show as damaged. An
aftermarket toggle and single instrument hangs below this factory
dash. In front of the passenger is more caramel horizontal ribbed
trimming with a central clock and faux wood grained metal glovebox
door. The rear passengers are treated to slightly upgraded vertical
ribbed gray broadcloth doors with shiny cranks and actuators. Gray
carpeting covers the floors and there is a foldout footrest for the
rear passengers to stretch it out during the ride. An aged cream
mohair headliner is above and shows no tears.
Drivetrain
Under the hood is a completely restored 248ci flathead inline 6
cylinder green painted meanie. It's original to this car and has a
1-barrel carburetor feeding it from the side. Also an original
3-speed manual transmission is bolted to the back, and way back is
the rear axle weighing in at 4.30. All good under this hood.
Undercarriage
A full coating of surface rust is underneath this X framed car but
no invasive rust or structural problems are noted. The front
suspension is independent coil springs and the rear is leaf springs
with air shocks. Drum braking is all around and a single stock
exhaust is underneath.
Drive-Ability
A quick starter, and a good driver. I cannot say enough about the
smooth ride, and a few frowns are noted. Mainly the radio was not
working, as was the speedo, and there are minor exhaust leaks
noted.
A Packard for the masses if you will, this one still holding up
well, and I found the interior to be not quite as bad as the
consignor led me to believe. So I'll give an overall good
condition, and thumbs up to early 40 style and grace.
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 650 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.