Re: Front grill actually louvers.

Posted by West Peterson On 2014/11/24 11:48:42

Junior and Senior Packards all had thermostatically controlled shutters, up until 1940. The only exception that I'm aware of is the Series 900 of 1932. I'm pretty sure that block thermostats were not used, but I could be wrong about that. (Not knowing a lot about the 900, it's possible that there were shutters behind the grille that opened and shut.???)

Starting in 1940, the junior cars were not equipped with the opening/closing shutters, but the Senior cars retained the feature through 1942 (except for the Senior Clippers, which did not).