February 16, 2009
Los Alamos Limo
One of three modified Packards that transferred scientists to Los Alamos has been found and will be restored to its original condition.
It is no wonder that when the need for a vehicle to transport scientists working on the Manhattan Project from the railway station in Lamy to Los Alamos and the Trinity base camp, a custom built Packard limo met those requirements. Of the 16,600 1941 Packard Clippers produced, the Fitzjohn Coach Company converted 100 into custom limos. The National Atomic Museum (NAM) has the opportunity to restore this limo used by the Manhattan Project and only one of three of these vehicles currently known to exist.
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