Re: Stone Guard on a 1932 901

Posted by Don Shields On 2016/3/27 0:41:47

Agreeing with Tim's post above, but there's more. To my understanding, Packard factory accessory stone guards for the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Series (1932-33-34) were of a vertical bar construction, not the mesh. Mesh was used by the factory up through the Eighth series (1931), but mesh guards after that were aftermarket. The 1934 accessory listing available on this site has a depiction of it on page 7. I've attached photos of one that I have in unrestored condition. As far as mountings, it only has one on each side as shown. There are two thumbscrews with rubber facings at the bottom and three rubber bumpers at the top. The thumbscrews adjust so the guard is positioned in a vertical plane vis a vis the grille. Packard made these for their open and closed cars which had different height radiators, the open cars being about 2 inches shorter. The one pictured is for a closed car.

Burr Ripley and Henry Yeska used to make mesh guards on an individual basis, but I don't know if anyone else offers them today.

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