Re: Packard Bikes
Posted by Leeedy On 2023/8/21 13:39:56
And here is a photo I thought you might enjoy of a prewar Schwinn-Built Packard bicycle. This one was ordered with very rare optional V-shaped gothic fenders.
When we got this Packard bicycle in the mid-1970s (when this photo was taken), it was missing the Delta Silver Ray headlight. Bicycle people don't know this, but these bicycle headlights were made based on 1932 Buick parking lights. Delta Electric of Marion, Indiana was the supplier of power window switches for 1955 and 1956 Packards.
Anyway, we filled the mounting hole for the Delta Silver Ray with a bicycle accessory Packard Cormorant ornament as we have described elsewhere in this thread.
Prewar Schwinn bicycle collectors may pick out more details of this unusual Schwinn-Built Packard bicycle.
Image and bicycle courtesy of Leon Dixon / National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com)
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When we got this Packard bicycle in the mid-1970s (when this photo was taken), it was missing the Delta Silver Ray headlight. Bicycle people don't know this, but these bicycle headlights were made based on 1932 Buick parking lights. Delta Electric of Marion, Indiana was the supplier of power window switches for 1955 and 1956 Packards.
Anyway, we filled the mounting hole for the Delta Silver Ray with a bicycle accessory Packard Cormorant ornament as we have described elsewhere in this thread.
Prewar Schwinn bicycle collectors may pick out more details of this unusual Schwinn-Built Packard bicycle.
Image and bicycle courtesy of Leon Dixon / National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com)
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