Re: Clippers at the Motor Muster.
Posted by Mahoning63 On 2015/7/29 20:10:12
Here's the car in the flesh, with much help from Steve in getting the proportions and wheel size right. Needed a full 8 inch front axle stetch, giving the car a 133 inch wheelbase. Underhood let's make the V12 an even 500 CID to put it in a class by itself.
Mercury would have become the de facto Clipper and scooped up as many existing Clipper owners as possible. Packard dealers would have been brought into the Mercury fold to increase coverage for both cars in the new Mercury-Packard division. And Turnpike Cruiser could have played up its visual connection to Packard, perhaps also toning down its styling for 1958 along with the rest of the Mercury line, the restrained Packard stylng rubbing off.
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Mercury would have become the de facto Clipper and scooped up as many existing Clipper owners as possible. Packard dealers would have been brought into the Mercury fold to increase coverage for both cars in the new Mercury-Packard division. And Turnpike Cruiser could have played up its visual connection to Packard, perhaps also toning down its styling for 1958 along with the rest of the Mercury line, the restrained Packard stylng rubbing off.
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