Re: Wat
Posted by HH56 On 2021/3/28 14:17:35
I believe the standard Clipper ornament was the blunt nose casting and the 21st series deluxe option was a stylized or streamlined version of the prewar lady with wings. Prewar deluxes had separate glass wings and on the streamlined postwar version it is a single casting in all metal.
There was a prewar version of the Cormorant but the 42 accessory book says it was only available on convertibles and senior LWB cars. Of course it has been proven a few times that no matter the year an accessory was designed for or even if it had a Packard suggested restriction, if an accessory would or could be made to fit and the customer wanted to buy it a dealer would be most accommodating. The 48 cormorant with the larger spread of the wings currently on your car could have been one of those dealer accommodations.
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There was a prewar version of the Cormorant but the 42 accessory book says it was only available on convertibles and senior LWB cars. Of course it has been proven a few times that no matter the year an accessory was designed for or even if it had a Packard suggested restriction, if an accessory would or could be made to fit and the customer wanted to buy it a dealer would be most accommodating. The 48 cormorant with the larger spread of the wings currently on your car could have been one of those dealer accommodations.
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