Products

This would be the last year for a design which first aired in the early years of the decade. With minor revisions from the previous year the 62 Sedan sold for just over $2,500 and over 25,000 examples found buyers....

The government of Città del Vaticano on January 10th, 1947 ordered this limousine for the personal use of Pope Pius XII. The order specified a single throne rear seat with left and right cabinets, two auxiliary chairs facing the throne, roller curtains,...

Oddly enough in the years immediately following the war and in a time of austerity there were more variations of the luxury 75 series than the lesser models, although of course every Cadillac required deep pockets to park one on...

The Beautiful Chrysler You get the good things first from Chrysler The first Chrysler product to carry the Town & Country name was a barrel-back wood-bodied sedan that appeared in 1941. The exposed wood structure of ash and rich Honduran...

Chrysler’s fabulous woody! Chrysler originally promised a whole range of woodies but only two made it to production, the sedan and convertible. Powered by an L Head 250 cu inch six engine just over 2,600 examples were built at a...

Chrysler’s fabulous woody! Chrysler originally promised a whole range of woodies but only two made it to production, the sedan and convertible. Powered by an L Head 250 cu inch six engine just over 2,600 examples were built at a...

Built at Ford’s Iron Mountain facility in Michigan with a body mainly of wood, top speed of 82mph and costing around $1,972, this was a good value Ford. The downside of 1947 was the death of Henry Ford on April...

Originating in 1941 the Darrin-designed Clipper was an inspiration to auto makers the world over and the styling cues can be seen on both sides of the Atlantic in many cars of the late 1940s and beyond. It was so...

Packard cars were held in high esteem in Europe. Many Royal Houses and governments favored Packard as their prestige and parade vehicles. This 1947 Limousine was acquired new by the Vatican State to join the Garage Nobile fleet of high rank automobiles. It was registered there with license plates SCV 23 and appointed...

Built at Ford’s Iron Mountain facility in Michigan with a body mainly of wood, top speed of 82mph and costing around $1,972, this was a good value Ford. The downside of 1947 was the death of Henry Ford on April...

Henney built Packard’s long wheelbase models including ambulances and hearses as well as limousines although a good number of these cars were actually built by Briggs. Packard’s 1948 models were initially applauded then quickly ridiculed as the short-lived ‘bath-tub’ style...

Designed by W.O.Bentley, the Lagonda two-and-a-half litre was hailed as a very advanced design on introduction. A saloon and drop-head coupe were available with bodies manufactured by Briggs. Available only in the old cardboard box