Re: Why no hood ornament on this 1939 Packard 120 coupe?

Posted by West Peterson On 2016/2/22 7:40:34
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skateboardgumby wrote:
Your perspicuous response is spot-on. As an unlearned Packard devotee who has never even ridden in one and will never own one--I'm an impoverished special education teacher--I'm always learning new things about Packards, e.g., that hood ornaments were optional. I had erroneously come to believe, based solely on photos, that the readily identifiable Packard hood-ornaments were perfunctory.

Even without a hood ornament, that Packard is beautiful.

as always
Garrett Meadows


Whoa! Hold on just a little bit. Hood ornaments were standard on the senior cars, at least by 1940. It would have been optional to order without. The bird was standard on the 180 (as were double-sided white sidewall tires!!), and the doughnut pusher was standard on the 160. I suspect you might find the same is true between the junior and senior cars earlier than that, as well.

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