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30/01/2026 11:30 am
Nine years ago seemed to have marked the end of our club cars. At least it ended with this beautiful 1941 Packard 120 Estate Wagon bodied by Hercules Body Company of Evansville, Indiana (1905-1957). It was built on Packard's 120 chassis. "120" refers to the horsepower rating of its 282 cid straight 8 engine. It combined luxury and utility. It a very rare and desirable bird with only 58 units sold in 1941. The wooden body has mahogany panels offset by ash stiles and rails. About 12 to 14 examples still exist today including this lovely model in Palm Green.
30/01/2026 12:30 pm
That is a beautiful model Rich. I love the green with the wood, they compliment each other. Like the green DM Buick Estate wagon.
30/01/2026 12:49 pm
I'm so glad I bought this one. It's a fabulous model.
30/01/2026 3:23 pm
Superb pics (as ALWAYS) but one minor tweak for the record and most people don't realize this error. The model is not by Automodello. We did enlist Automodello to fulfill LECC's at the very first non-operational model when we transitioned from the Franklin Mint. But then, with Raffi's contact in China and different than the Automodello's vendors, we made the balance of the static models, including this one, through the D4C chartered manufacturing group.
30/01/2026 4:38 pm
have it too, superb model. Interesting background info on both model and car, thanks gents.
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30/01/2026 4:46 pm
@perrone1 Uuuuh... Could we do this again for an LECC-XlV? Enquiring minds want to know. (I know we had this conversation, but, for the record...)
30/01/2026 5:39 pm
@perrone1 Uuuuh... Could we do this again for an LECC-XlV? Enquiring minds want to know. (I know we had this conversation, but, for the record...)
Possibly, if someone fixes the politics between all parties involved, which I doubt will happen... Moreover, it is going to be much more expensive, because of smaller edition and tariffs.
30/01/2026 7:11 pm
Rich, the title of the post states "XII", should be "XIII"
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30/01/2026 7:43 pm
@chav Thanx, Chav. I'll be 80 in June and have the mental capacity to match.
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31/01/2026 7:35 am
@perrone1 Uuuuh... Could we do this again for an LECC-XlV? Enquiring minds want to know. (I know we had this conversation, but, for the record...)
The contacts and working relationships have long deteriorated. Raffi contributes to Automodello and China no longer has ties with what was the D4C group.
31/01/2026 8:28 am
I owned a 1937 Packard 115 and had friends who also collected Packards. A long-time collector of the 120s shared with me that this referred to the wheelbase, which is 120 inches in length. My '37 was a 115 and that was the wheelbase of that model. Wikipedia also notes the reason for the 120 designation: 'The One-Twenty model designation was derived from the wheelbase, and it was replaced by the Packard 200.'
