Re: 1953/4 Caribbean 4-door hardtop sedan exploration

Posted by bkazmer On 2020/3/31 12:01:25

as has been discussed before, the fifties styling direction was to look longer, lower, wider. The disfunctional overhangs stem from this. Packard, like others with a vertical grill shape as a major design, had a difficult task.

I think the Request was a pretty good job of integrating a vertical grille. Compare it to the 58 Edsel. MB retained it by holding back the rest of the body shape.Generally, the direction was to make the grille skinnier - 59 Edsel, Packard Predictor, Alfa Romeo. Looking more like Alfa could have been a better direction for the 58 Hawk.