1940 Packards in the service

[Bill Murray]

Hi Lang:

I can at least verify that the 1941 and 1942 Packard Clipper models were catalogued as "official" staff cars for Flag Rank Officers according to multiple sources including my copy of TM-9-2800 of September, 1943.

One of the odd things about the hobby of doing research on soft skins for me is that I rarely save on my hard drive photos of otherwise "ordinary" vehicles like these Packards as they can be found in books and on the net by the hundreds.

You can find photos of both Eisenhower's and Mac's Packard Clippers on Google.

Other than what their assigned drivers may have done to smarten up the rear of the interior passenger compartment and the obligatory Olive Drab paint and maybe some lighting modifications, they were pretty much just as they came from the factory.

I hope this helps a bit.

Bill