Re: 1934 Packard 1101 Coupe 2-4

Posted by 58L8134 On 2019/6/25 15:58:14

Chrome or polished stainless bright finishes on radiator shells really only had a popular vogue from the mid-1920's until designer efforts to more fully integrate all parts of the body into a unified whole began with the REO Royale and Graham 'Blue Streak'. Visually lengthening the hood both with full-length, over-the-cowl and painted radiator shells were devices utilized to that affect.

Packard may not have jumped immediately on the trend for all series though would have accommodated all taste by option selection.

When the more streamlined 1935 styling arrived, a chrome-plated radiator shell on anything other than an imported luxury car, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, M-B was considered gauche.

Steve