Re: Stars & their Packards

Posted by 58L8134 On 2019/1/3 8:50:11

Hi Guscha

Mal beat me to it but it refers to:

"George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 - August 16, 1948)"

Monograms were very popular with luxury car owners of that era so much so that custom coachbuilders even kept sample books of styles they could select from to have hand painted on their new car. To paint the monogram, they also employed a skilled calligrapher on staff or retainer to execute the work.

Ruth's Twin Six is identified as a 3-35 Series but the coachbuilder is unknown, though either Fleetwood or Schutte are good possibilities. That roadster body is a full custom job, displays all the features typical of custom roadsters i.e. torpedo configuration with boat-tail, small, cut-down doors, short windshield. In general, cycle-style fenders, individual step-plates and dual rear-mounted spares were popular to create a sporting, rakish look in those immediate post-WWI years.

Steve