Re: Concours d Elegance - Plymouth, MI

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2012/7/30 1:06:50
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58L8134 wrote:
Hi

Thanks for posting the pictures, next best thing to being there.

The dark green '40 Darrin Sport Sedan is owned by Tareshawty. It's the other design Dutch tried in a effort to create a sports sedan with the verve less expensively than the dark red example that's Charles Blackman found in Mexico City and has been restored recently. That design, style number 720 is the more heavily customized with the sectioned hood and aluminum cowl. Notice this dark green car, style 730 has full hood section and largely unmodified cowl. It's still a good looking car, better if it had the runningboard removed and sidemounts deleted (my option).

Steve


That jogs the memory. I do recall the article mentioning Darrin created several cars "on spec" to show the Packard brass and that there were two sedans - one more extensively modified than the other. Didn't Packard OK this one for the 1940 catalogue? It seems to me there was a sedan.

Also want to thank Mr. Pushbutton for the pictures he added. Absolutely beautiful.

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