The Cormorant and Goddess of Speed Article

Posted by Packard53 On 2009/2/11 19:43:11

Mr. Cooper after reading your article I am afraid that I have to disagree with one major part of your article you wrote in 2004.

What I disagree with you about are your statement about the Packard Grille. The basic Packard grille design was introduced in 1904 with the introduction of the ModeL.
The grille design was borrowed from the French auto maker
Mors. Which I might ad that Mors employed Charles Schmidt
until hired by James Packard in 1902.

The design of the Packard grille wasn't changed in the early years of Packard because it kind of looked like the RR grille. The reason that Packard grille changed over the years is because of the changing Packard body styles and hood designs over the following years after the 1904 introduction.

John F. Shireman