Re: '51 Sport Brougham

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2018/2/18 13:21:31

Absolutely Steve, interest in post-war hardtops seemed to start the day Coupe de Ville, Riviera and Holiday appeared in mid-49. To Packard's credit it reacted quickly, getting Mayfair out as a late '51. That GM's backlight shape was copied on 250/300/400 was perhaps not a good sign but at least Packard did a nice job with execution. One styling element I missed was the old industry practice of lowering the beltline on sporty models such as roadsters and phaetons. The Creative Industries prototype that appeared in this forum a few years ago woke me up to how high Contour's chromed beltline was.

PackardDon - what kind of project are you kicking around? Am always fascinated by one-offs.

2/22 EDIT: moved door handles from top of beltline to lower, near vertical surface like Creative Industries prototype, for usability.

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