1947 Packard Super Clipper Limousine Series 2126 Model 2150 "Vatican Cars Collection" Green The new DeSoto was conceived

The new DeSoto was conceived as an upscale Plymouth

Add to this a fully enclosed front fender design and pearl paint finish produced using fish scales and the result was a most impressive motor car

The one prototype was the victim of an arson attack in 1963

Buick built less than 500 Woody wagons in a one year run

5 litre short chassis International was ordered by Whitby shipping magnate WS Headlam and bodied by Enrico “Harry” Bertelli whose bodyshop was next to the Feltham Aston Martin works of his brother Augustus “Bert”

1947 Packard Super Clipper Limousine Series 2126 Model 2150 "Vatican Cars Collection" Green The new DeSoto was conceivedPackard cars were held in high esteem in Europe. Many Royal Houses and governments favored Packard as their prestige and parade vehicles. This 1947 Limousine was acquired new by the Vatican State to join the Garage Nobile fleet of high rank automobiles. It was registered there with license plates SCV 23 and appointed to transportation of dignitaries and escort to the Pope. In this role it frequently carried foreign Diplomats who were visiting the