8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1946 Packard left side view, parked on street, female behind wheel, female standing in grass near front of car. Inscribed on photo back; Shown above is the new postwar Packard Clipper touring sedan, production of these 1946 models has just been unveiled to the Packard Dealer Advisory Council who were told that first public showings will be made at regional dealer meetings in seven cities early next month, the new Packard, following styling of the company's fresh-designed prewar Clipper model, incorporates 68 design and mechanical changes, new sparkle and more powerful exterior appearance are attained with a newly treated radiator grille, and more massive side guard bumpers, more eye-appeal is added by colorful new interiors of clean-lined modern styling.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1946 Packard three-quarter front elevated view. Inscribed on photo back; 1946 Packard Clipper, 4-door, sedan.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1946 Packard three-quarter left side view. Inscribed on photo back; 1946 Packard twenty first series, custom Super Clipper, 4-door, sedan.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1946 Packard three-quarter rear view. Inscribed on photo back; 1946 Packard twentieth series Clipper, 4-door, sedan.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1946 Packard three-quarter front view, parked on drive, Scott fountain on Belle Isle in right background. Inscribed on photo back; 1946 Packard twenty first series, Clipper deluxe eight, one-twenty.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1946 Packard seven-eights left side view, parked on grass. Inscribed on photo back; 1946 Packard twentieth series, Super Clipper, model 2103, 8-cylinder, 165-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 6-person touring sedan (body type #1672).
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1946 Packard left side view, parked on road. Inscribed on photo back; 1946 Packard Super Clipper touring sedan, 127-inch wheelbase.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1946 Packard three-quarter left front view. Inscribed on photo back; Packard archives indicate facelift for Clipper was originally planned for twenty-first series, by 1942 the heavier front end and hidden headlights had appeared on a front-end-only facelift, this evolved to a more streamlined hood with hidden headlamps by 1944, in 1945 artists retouched a photo of a production 1942 Clipper, using the proposed new lines, around the same time the more elaborate custom eight grille work was emerging, finally came the production prototypes, with completely altered fuselage and flow-through fenders.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1946 Packard three-quarter left front view. Inscribed on photo back; 1946 Packard super eight, 2-door.
1946-47 (21st Series)
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