Whaddyacallit #540 - Solved by a lonely PAFW: Dick Saunders' 1936 Packard boattail

[Ray B.]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and tell us what is this car, and all that you know about it.

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[Ray B.]

Let's try this one with the PAFW.

[Otto Puzzell]

Dick Saunders' 1936 Packard boattail, called the Saunders Special.

The body originally from a 1929 Auburn model 8-120, and the engine was a Packard 12 fed by two superchargers. Over time the car continued to be modified, in true hot-rodder fashion.

[Ray B.]

Otto, I tried to move this one to the PAFW hoping it would stay a while!

[Otto Puzzell]

 

Sorry about that, Ray. Most of the puzzle cars I know get solved in the Rookie and Expert sections. This was a rare opportunity! 

[Ray B.]

This was a rare opportunity! 

Next to earn a point hisself, the professionnal is made happy by seeing a fellow professional get lucky.

[sixtee5cuda]

Another image of the Saunders Speedster.

[Carnut]

I often think of our much missed former Editor Ray B, who very sadly died about 5 years ago.
Some of our members might know that he was in fact Thierry "Ted" Benoit, a very well-known figure in France.
If you Google him he has a Wikipedia entry.