1937 Packard One-Twenty Franay [120C]

1937 Packard One-Twenty [120C] in Journal d'un curé de campagne, Movie, 1951

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Author	Message
DynaMike ◊ 2009-11-25 18:12	Packard...
Big Dave ◊ 2009-11-25 18:13	Circa 1937 Packard
chicomarx ◊ 2009-11-25 18:48
Jerome16 ◊ 2009-11-26 00:12	I think it is 1937 Packard 120C. Senior Packards had longer headlights and flatter cooler grill, so this is a junior 120C. But the top-mounted triple wiper is unusual on this model - Packards came out with bottom-mounted wipers. Maybe this is a special coachbuilt version.
chicomarx ◊ 2009-11-26 00:47	Maybe pilou or nzcarnerd can confirm.
pilou ◊ 2009-11-26 14:48	1937 Packard Eight ( fifteenth series Model 120 C built september 1936 to september 1937).It has a semi custom Town Car body with opening driver\'s compartment, probably by Franay of Paris as appearing from side view .Although I do not have documents on this car, there are pictures of later realisations by Franay on sixteenth and seventeenth Super Eight chassis showing 3 parallel wipers albeit cowl mounted.I also found a picture of a Franay convertible coupe body on a sixteenth series eight chassis showing the odd oval light placed on the side of the front fender top , probably to comply with lighting requirements of the Service des Mines. .US Packards had antiparallel cowl-mounted wipers.
DynaMike ◊ 2009-11-26 17:01	I think there was only one Franay coachbuilder, so no need to use the English 'of Paris' as part of the name.
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-26 19:37	A splendid car, it's a pity we can't see much of it