Re: The Packard Request

Posted by John McCall and Mitch Parker On 2016/9/18 16:54:25

Yes,

And I have a 72 Avanti II with the "integrated air." It works after a fashion, and I do think it was rather nice that Studebaker--with little money--could come up with such a clever disguise of what has been described as another "hang under the dash unit."

In a stillborn article I have written about the much maligned 58 Packards, I lament the fact that something like that couldn't have been used in the Packard sedan and Starlight Coupe. If I ever own one, I may be tempted to do exactly that: fashioning a console from fore to aft and covering it with the dash pad material and carpeted kick plates. I think it would be an aesthetically pleasing solution to the integrated air problem (And in the South, if you plan to drive any, it is a MUST!)