Vehicle Description
Gateway Classic Cars of San Antonio/Austin is privileged to be able
to offer this very rare & highly collectible 1940 Packard 110
wood-bodied station wagon. The first Packard station wagon appeared
in the fledgling "Six" model line in 1939 and the company sold 500
examples of the station wagon that first year. That popularity of
the "Woody" station wagon prompted them to enlist the services of
the long-established Hercules Body Company of Evansville, Indiana,
for its 1940 wagons in both the 110 and 120 lineups. (This example
being Body# 298). The Hercules Company was a very established
company by this point in history; their initial trade having been
as carriage builders just after the turn of the century. The 1940
wood-bodied Packard's were made of ash frames with birch panels.
(At an additional cost, Mahogany panels could be ordered). For
1940, Packard supplied 358 Hercules bodies for the combined 110 and
120 model lines. The "110" models, which had a 122-inch wheelbase
with a six-cylinder engine, while the "120" models had a 127-inch
wheelbase and an eight-cylinder engine. The body designs were
identical with the extra length on the One-Twenty being utilized by
the larger engine and the firewall. This 1940 Packard 110 example
rests on a 122-inch wheelbase chassis (Chassis #13832178) and is
powered by a 245 cubic-inch flathead six-cylinder engine (Engine#
C-19230B).This car was delivered in May of 1940 by the Boston
Packard dealer and by the mid-1970s had been moved into the care of
a California resident, where it was treated to a complete makeover
by that owner. Upon completion, it was placed in a specially built
alcove in the owner's living room! It appeared on the cover of
Packard's International magazine in 1989, which was one of its very
few public showings, and then later passed to another collector who
had it kept in a climate-controlled storage area and treated to
another extensive restoration to original specifications by Custom
Auto Service in 2006-2007 and is also an esteemed Packard
International Circle of Champions vehicle.Less than a dozen Packard
110 Station Wagons are known to be in existence & only one or two
in the completely collectible condition of this car. In 2007 it was
brought to the Gooding & Company auction held in Pebble Beach, Ca.
where it was estimated to sell for $200,000 - $260,000. While those
estimates were not achieved, the lot was still sold in 2007 for a
whopping $181,500! This is a very rare opportunity to acquire an
investment grade, museum quality 1940 Packard 110 Woody Wagon that
only comes along every couple decades, so don't miss out on this
chance to join the ultra-exclusive collector club.
