Re: Here's a barn find that's NOT a Packard...

Posted by Fyreline On 2013/10/9 9:05:41

Glad you added the qualifier "postwar" in there, which allows me to agree with you, Steve. Very nice prewar large cars of Italian design were not that uncommon, such as the lovely Lancia Astura and many larger Alfa Romeos. After the war, not so much. As you pointed out, the Dual-Ghias and Chrysler show cars were almost entirely American designs built in Italy.

And while I had not initially noticed the similarities between the barn-find Abarth car and the Darrin Packard design in Bev Kimes' book, it's definitely there. Interesting, but perhaps coincidental. Who knows?