Re: Packard & Hudson proximity

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2013/2/14 22:52:25

Mahoning,

The vertical finned grill is much more classic Packard style than the egg crate, but in the rendering it's a little too tall. The first pic with quad headlights and egg crate grill is really sweet looking--like the earlier one you did with the dark blue Clipper pic. I have a saved copy of that rendering (it's even on my screen saver pics) with quad headlights and re-worked, slimmer grill and bumper. I still think it's a striking car, and one that no one would guess wasn't a factory model unless they knew Packards.

I'll post it again if you don't have it handy.

The nice thing about some of these renderings is that they are doable by a good modification shop, and could become realities made from salvaged cars.

The over-under shots of the Cadillac versus the Packard shows which is the more forward-looking design. When Lincoln re-did the Continental, in '61 I believe, they showed it on a TV ad in comparison with the Cadillac, and it's amazing how tired and "late-fifties" the Cadillac design looked. There's a U-Tube of the commercial somewhere out there.