Re: DESIGN IMITATION?

Posted by JWL On 2010/11/9 22:45:08

Good discussion. In my opinion, Packard really lost sight of who and what it was when the juniors morphed into the seniors. After that there was not enough distinction between the seniors and juniors. The senior 21st Series Clippers were great cars, the problem was that someone looking at a Six and a Custom could not readily tell the difference, and there was a huge difference - beneath the skin. Granted, the 22nd and 23rd Customs had distinctive features, but the 24th series onward all looked too much the same. Too much momentum lost. I always thought that if Packard had used a Request styling on its senior V-8s, to distinguish them from the Clipper line, there might have been some hope of making it to 1957.

(o{I}o)