62 Research Into Henney Families Thanks to the efforts of George Hamlin, we were able to make contact with Alice Horner whose father was head of Personnel for Henney from 1927 to 1954 when they closed their doors. We were tracking down any known Henney families who may be able to help us identify the Packard dealer in Freeport Illinois who most probably received the Monte Carlo convertible from Henney as stated in the articles about the car. Alice was kind enough to share her memories as follows: “Eddie Engelhardt owned and operated the Packard dealership in Freeport, known as the Freeport Garage, and I certainly spent my formative years there, admittedly bored to tears. But Eddie closed the Freeport Garage and moved to Florida in 1956 and his only daughter Marian and her husband and daughter moved to Florida before then and shortly thereafter to California. They were not collectors and when they moved to Florida they sold nearly everything in a garage sale (and my parents bought stuff there), so I can tell you they didn't have any Henney memorabilia around, even though Marian's husband Ted Schultz did body work for Henney's around 1940 and probably also for Freeport Garage.” In the last part of this story, we’ll talk about what we do know upon a thorough hands-on examination of the car as well as a discussion of the impact of the 1949 Packard Monte Carlo project on the relationship between Henney and Packard. Tune in shortly for the final chapter of the Mysterious Packard Monte Carlo.
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