Re: Ex-Packard Designers
Posted by RogerDetroit On 2016/6/7 12:14:47
As a note to all, the Packard Motor Car Foundation will be hosting an Automotive Designers & Artist Gallery the weekend before Thanksgiving, November 17 - 20, at the PPG. This will be our inaugural event.
The purpose is to highlight the gift of 12 Packard concept car renderings given to the Foundation by the designer, Bill Robinson. These are works done by Bill in the early 1950s when he was at Briggs Body Company.
Also we want to show off the work done by the League of Retired Auto Designers. Each year they select a vintage marque and update for the current year. Last year they did Duesenberg and this year is PACKARD. Their first exhibit will be at the "Eyes On Design Show" at the Eleanor and Edsel Ford Home in Grosse Pointe on Father's Day, June 19.
As a tease I am adding a 2016 Packard Clipper done by John Perkins, retired from GM Design - 1962-1999 Chief Designer. In his words.
"I chose to focus on those great old torpedo-back Packard coupes and sedans from the 1948-9 era. They were very recognizable with their streamline body sides, flowing rooflines, and skirted rear wheels. I did not want to do a retro-design, but rather a design with Packard heritage expressed in a fresh contemporary manner.
I resisted doing a typical notched-radiator grille in favor of a vertical grille that blended into a horizontal grille reminiscent of post war Packard Clippers. You can see examples of my pattern Clipper vehicles in the background in front of the old Packard Proving Ground building which is being restored as a heritage site."
[Edit} What gives here. I tried 3 times and the image has failed to post. Hmmmm...
[Edit 2] Seems the jpg was "locked" so I did a little work-around. It should take now.
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The purpose is to highlight the gift of 12 Packard concept car renderings given to the Foundation by the designer, Bill Robinson. These are works done by Bill in the early 1950s when he was at Briggs Body Company.
Also we want to show off the work done by the League of Retired Auto Designers. Each year they select a vintage marque and update for the current year. Last year they did Duesenberg and this year is PACKARD. Their first exhibit will be at the "Eyes On Design Show" at the Eleanor and Edsel Ford Home in Grosse Pointe on Father's Day, June 19.
As a tease I am adding a 2016 Packard Clipper done by John Perkins, retired from GM Design - 1962-1999 Chief Designer. In his words.
"I chose to focus on those great old torpedo-back Packard coupes and sedans from the 1948-9 era. They were very recognizable with their streamline body sides, flowing rooflines, and skirted rear wheels. I did not want to do a retro-design, but rather a design with Packard heritage expressed in a fresh contemporary manner.
I resisted doing a typical notched-radiator grille in favor of a vertical grille that blended into a horizontal grille reminiscent of post war Packard Clippers. You can see examples of my pattern Clipper vehicles in the background in front of the old Packard Proving Ground building which is being restored as a heritage site."
[Edit} What gives here. I tried 3 times and the image has failed to post. Hmmmm...
[Edit 2] Seems the jpg was "locked" so I did a little work-around. It should take now.
Attach file:
(77.44 KB)
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