Re: 1933-34 Dietrich V-windshield customs

Posted by 58L8134 On 2014/2/16 10:23:37

Hi Dave

Oh yes, the '33-'34 Dietrich Sport Sedan is right at the top of my seductive Packards list! To take nothing away from those, but the Sport Berline version has specific details that elevate it just a bit higher for my taste. The convertible sedan-type, half-door construction with thin chrome window frames and the rear top shaped and separated from the trunk quarters make the difference. It, as well as the Dietrich Sport Sedans that West cites, were the very beginnings of the 3-box sedan architecture to eventually flower on the '38 60 Special. It's just one of my personal, quirky little obsessions, bear with me!

I recall that fine CCCA article too, have to delve into my stacks to find and revisit it. Authored either by Walt Gosden or Richard Burns Carson, it's one of the best examinations of that all-too-brief custom body trend.

Steve