1926 Packard Victoria Coupe

This is an all original Packard owned by a fella from Indiana for 50 years. It is one of two cars known.

This has been to the 2019 Dayton Carillon Concours D'Elegance.

******************** BELOW IS THE HISTORY THAT I COULD GATHER FROM MY RESEARCH OF THE CAR *************************

Initially sold new in 1926 from North Hampton Motor Sales, 15th and North Hampton street, Easton, PA.

Purchased Stanley Herr. His business was building Hammer Mills (feed grinders) in Lancaster, PA

Stanley Herr had the car for many years stored in his basement in PA and then moved the car via "Allied Van Lines" to Arizona. He then put it in 15 years of storage in the 1970's; a total of 50 years.

Ted Devries (cell 928-713-9003) bought the car from Stanley Herr.

Edward H. Mark, purchased the car from Devries Custom Coachwork Wickenberg, AZ.

Edward H. Mark, Packard collector and owner of Packard Industries, Inc, bought the car Ed, a Packard collector, placed the car in his own Packard museum. He bought the rights to the Packard name about the time Packard went out-of-business and used the name for his company

Ed communicated by letters with Morgan Yost, a published Packard expert, concerning the rarity of the car. Yost spoke of this car in his chapter in the Packard History book. April 20, 1987.

Ed Mark's Packard museum was dissolved.

Marion McCann, from Caswell, VA, bought the car from the defunct museum. McCann used to own several Ford dealerships. His sons mismanaged the dealerships and his 80 car collection was sold.

Mike and Linda Conkin bought the car through a bankruptcy auction in VA. He fixed up the car and got it running. He participated in the 100th Anniversary for Packard (Magnus Opus) in Ohio in 1999. The car was chosen to represent Packards of 1926.

He stated that the car is fully original except for some painting including the hood, lower body blue, trunk and rear fenders.

He then sold the car to Jim Godo.

Jim Godo bought the car in 2003.

November 2003 Letter to Jim Godo, 2568 Twin Bay Drive, Traverse City, MI, from Karen Mark (Edward H. Mark's daughter) of Packard Industries Inc. Did Packard Industries go out-of-business in 2015?

Jim Godo wrote a letter to Easton, PA Library (12-1-2003) Inquring about North Hampton Motor Sales and the original owner (? Stanley Herr).

2005. Jim Godo sold the car on Ebay to

Windham Bremer

1353 E. 100 N.

Laporte, IN 46350

He added the cowl lights, cowl band and Trippe lights

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Questions. Why Nebraska plates in the trunk. ? Mr Herr’s plates

Bill Lees from Boulder, CO, owns the other car.