Re: A little Packard History from 1945

Posted by 58L8134 On 2019/5/27 21:00:40

Hi

If that Darrin looks somewhat familiar its because Dutch developed it either slightly before or concurrent when K-F contracted him to quickly come up with design for their postwar cars. He delivered an elongated version with a 'Darrin' dip in the quarter panel but generally what we got as their cars. Tooling expediency nixed the dipped beltline plus other nuances.

He received a small royalty for each car with the "Styled by Darrin" tag on the rear deck. Not at all pleased with the 'liberties' taken with his design, he requested the tag be left off later production. Darrin's relationship with K-F was as fraught and problematic as it was with Packard.

Steve