A Herculean Task... [PIC]

The 1941 Packard 120 Special Station Wagon wood body was built by Hercules Bodies of Tarrytown, NY. In the late '30s to early '40s the company was expanding rapidly having contracts with Ford and a number of General Motors Divisions. If the body was to be built on a standard chassis, the price was $450 to the dealer. Top price for 14 passenger vans was $1000. The company was also building truck bodies and had contracts for both trucks and cars for the war effort. For Packard, this was a special order. Only 58 of these woodies were built on the 120 8 cylinder chassis and less than a dozen are known to exist today. The 120 8 cylinder line started in 1935 as Packard began to move into the mid-priced market in response to the Depression and focused there until its demise in the mid-50s. Model by Automodello... my favorite woody.