Re: '33-'36 Hubcaps
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/1/14 10:06:11
Great question! I'd love to have a definitive answer. It's been a bit of a mystery, hotly discussed at times, for decades and likely to remain so unless some long-lost documentation comes to light. Some have interpreted the "specify color" in the parts book (the only reference I know of) to mean on all cars which clearly isn't the case based on unmolested survivors; others take it to mean an unwritten option which might be more likely. Yet others have said it only occurred on senior cars with the "chassis in color" option, the cap color then matching the chassis color.
The same discussion has been had about colored cloisonne on the Twin Six and Twelve caps. When asked about that shortly before he passed away, the late Bob Turnquist is said to have said something like "it was available".
Barring the uncovering of some long-lost document, it's likely to remain one of those Packard mysteries, part of what makes the marque so endearing.
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The same discussion has been had about colored cloisonne on the Twin Six and Twelve caps. When asked about that shortly before he passed away, the late Bob Turnquist is said to have said something like "it was available".
Barring the uncovering of some long-lost document, it's likely to remain one of those Packard mysteries, part of what makes the marque so endearing.
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