Re: Packard Bikes
Posted by Leeedy On 2022/9/6 12:58:49
... And just to show you that we know a bit about Packard pedal cars too, take a look. This is from a late 1930s catalogue in our collection.
In the 1930s through the 1950s, it was common to merely label a generic pedal car design as a "Packard" or other brand of automobile. They were built for kids, after all.
This catalogue page clearly also shows a Graham listed. This, even though this Graham and the Packards have basically the same design and stampings with different paint and graphics.
Both the Packards (there are actually two listed) and the Graham here were available with inflatable balloon tires. All three had working electric headlights that people today imagine were only on bicycles when they see the actual parts.
Another such generic pedal car only styled by Vik Schreckengost and made by Steelcraft was labeled "Chrysler" and was for sale just recently on the internet.
However, other pedal cars were indeed designed/styled to mimic real Packard automobiles. But as far as I could ever determine, these little pedal cars were still not made in connection with Packard Motor Car Company. At least not on any mass scale or official factory sales promotion.
While the last two postings here are skewed a bit from Packard bicycles, they are in response to the posting earlier in this thread regarding Packard bicycles and pedal cars supposedly being given away as incentives to buy Packard automobiles.
Now, who else shows you such stuff and the facts to go along with it? And we just continue...
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In the 1930s through the 1950s, it was common to merely label a generic pedal car design as a "Packard" or other brand of automobile. They were built for kids, after all.
This catalogue page clearly also shows a Graham listed. This, even though this Graham and the Packards have basically the same design and stampings with different paint and graphics.
Both the Packards (there are actually two listed) and the Graham here were available with inflatable balloon tires. All three had working electric headlights that people today imagine were only on bicycles when they see the actual parts.
Another such generic pedal car only styled by Vik Schreckengost and made by Steelcraft was labeled "Chrysler" and was for sale just recently on the internet.
However, other pedal cars were indeed designed/styled to mimic real Packard automobiles. But as far as I could ever determine, these little pedal cars were still not made in connection with Packard Motor Car Company. At least not on any mass scale or official factory sales promotion.
While the last two postings here are skewed a bit from Packard bicycles, they are in response to the posting earlier in this thread regarding Packard bicycles and pedal cars supposedly being given away as incentives to buy Packard automobiles.
Now, who else shows you such stuff and the facts to go along with it? And we just continue...
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PackardPedalcarLitWM.jpg (281.92 KB)
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