Re: 1951 Valiant Green Patrician

Posted by HH56 On 2023/3/1 14:17:13
I don't know exactly when the lowered wing ornament was released but I suspect sometime in 51 because my father had it on both his cars.

I remember a comment in one of the Packard books supposedly made by one of the test drivers of the time. Apparently one of the reviewers was less than impressed by the new models because the quote went something to the effect that "Packard lost it's luster when the bird dipped its wings". Almost sounds like something Tom McCahill would have said in one of his reviews but no idea if that is fact.

Here is the family in a new 51 300 where you can barely see the ornament. Dad picked up a used or maybe it was a demonstrator 400 not long after and both had the lowered wings. I "inherited" the 400 in the late 50s and drove it thru high school. I have fond memories of that car and can say it performed admirably despite being subject to abuse by a teenager that Packard never dreamed their cars would need to put up with.

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