Re: '38 Senior wheel color

Posted by HH56 On 2019/6/10 8:56:03

I think Brian's wheel may have been introduced in an earlier year - maybe 38 - and for some purists, that would be "wrong" and the end of discussion. At one time maybe I would have thought so too but the more I learn about Packards as to something being "wrong", IMO that may be a strong statement. I think you said it well -- it is attractive, it was an official accessory and you like it. I have come around to what is in a car is entirely up to the owner. Perhaps the buyer liked it better than the "correct" offering. If bought when the car was new, maybe the dealer had it left over and made an offer that was hard to pass up. Any way you look at it the wheel makes a great statement.

For sake of stirring the pot here is styling shown for 41 standard wheels and the Deluxe 41 offering. Description refers to the standard wheels as having T styling. Hard to tell from the poor photos in the data and accessory books but perhaps the 110/120 had all hard rubber bars since the vertical bar looks a bit narrower when compared to this 160/180 sales brochure photo that shows that wheel with a chromed and wider vertical bar.

While the earlier Deluxe wheels were called Banjo Wheels, the 41-47 Deluxe wheel seems to be referred to more often as the K wheel.

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