Re: The ZIS 110

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/1/24 8:52:00

I think perhaps you're unaware of the fact that Packard offered two distinctly different body styles in late 1941 and 1942; the first was the traditional Packard, basically a continuation of the 1940 model with updates, and the second a NEW Clipper style based on the design study by Dutch Darrin. The ZIS 110 was inspired by the traditional bodied 1941-2 Packard and not the Clipper. The 1942-7 Clipper is essentially the same as the 1941-42 Clipper with some trim changes, most noteably the number, width and spacing of the horizontal grille bars. The grille bars in the traditional bodied Packards of 1941-42 were horizontal and were moveable shutters in the senior line -- the grille bars in the Clippers were cast as a unit with the grille shell. The Clippers, in addition to a completely new body shell, rode on a new chassis which did away with Packard's Safe-T-Flex front supension in favor of a more GM-like approach.