1941 Packard Super-8 One-Sixty Limousine Convertible

This is a Packard 160 Limousine Convertible with coachwork designed and built by Rollson, in New York City. It is a one-of-a-kind car, the only such body manufactured by the firm and sadly, the last custom coachwork automobile they built. It was owned by Col. Ezra Prentice and his wife Alta. Alta was the youngest daughter of the richest man in the world, oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller. Col. Prentice was also a prominent member of Rockefeller's legal staff. The car was delivered on October 1, 1941. It remained in service at the Mount Hope farm for 21 years until Alta's death in 1962. The car is finished in Grove Green and carries the Colonel's initials just below the belt line on the rear doors. The car is simply enormous: rides on a 148-inch wheelbase and is the longest and tallest Packard ever made. It has led an interesting life, it belonged to the Rockefellers and was displayed in the Harrah Collection.