Re: '30 745 Woodlights

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/3/27 10:10:14

I tend to agree with you, IMO there are few instances where I think Woodlites actually add to the overall impression the vehicle gives - to me the Waterhouse is one of the few exceptions. Packard wasn't into "gaudy", they were into restrained elegance like much of their clientele, though less so in terms of clientele after the intro of the first "120".

One of the little features of earlier Packards (34 and back, generally) that I always found particularly interesting is the number of places where they subtly remind us of it's Packard origins by placement of the little replicas of the famous radiator "yoke" design element. For example, in 1934, the "yoke" shape is found on the headlight and parking light lenses, the headlight, tailight and parking light bezels, the bumper over-riders, the bumper center plates, the trunk rack when so equipped, and the radio panel in the dashboard, to name most of them. Seems almost everywhere you look you're reminded it's a Packard without using the company name.