1949 PACKARD Custom Eight Series Akkermans Ambulance

            Packards were very suitable for ambulance conversion. They were strong and reliable. And don't forget to mention they had a separate chassis which made it easy for constructing special bodies on it.
This Ambulance had a body made by Akkermans, Oud Gastel, NL.
Between 1948 and 1952 seventeen of these Packards were in use by the Amsterdam medical service G.G.&G.D.
The first Packard Eight arrived in 1948 at the Akkermans workshop to be converted. It lasted about one year for each ambulance to get it ready.
From 1956 onwards these Packards were gradually replaced by Cadillacs.

The new 1941 Clipper series introduced a new modern car design for Packard. After WWII the Clipper was technically improved to serve the new era.
The Clipper series was designed by John Reinhart, with basic contributions of Howard Darrin (US, 1897-1982).
The second Clipper series was renamed Eight Series for model year 1948.

5833 cc L8 Petrol engine.
C. 2035 kg.
Performance: 160 hp.
Production Packard Clipper series: 1941-1942/1946-1947/1953-1957.
Production Packard Eight Series: late 1947-1952.
Production Custom Eight Series: late 1947-1950.
Production Custom Eight this version: late 1947-early 1949.
Old type Dutch provincial reg. number (Noord-Holland, before 1951).

Image source:
Dr. K.J.J. Waldeck, Ambulances in beeld (1945-1975), Serie Toen Boekje, Zaltbommel, Europese Bibliotheek, 1998.
And:
Drs. Thijs Gras & Gerrit Rottink, De Broeders van de Breukendienst, 100 jaar eerste hulp en ziekenvervoer door de G.G.D. Amsterdam 1908-2008, Zaltbommel, Aprilis, 2008.
Original photographer, place and date unknown.

Halfweg, Oct. 27, 2024.

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