Re: Vintage Packards on the Street Thread...

Posted by Ozstatman On 2020/8/9 19:23:50

Couple more, from page 357.

First photo drew this comment: "This really is a great photo - notice the car has some customizing from the norm - no mascot, painted grill shutters, exhaust through the hood sides whether faux or real, and no addition of or deletion of wheel trim rings."

With later comments of: "I hesitated to post what I found with the photo, which misidentified the car as a 1940 Buick Special. The young lady was identified as Gloria Lupton."

And: "Chrome was becoming harder to get by 1940. The government placed it on the "endangered-species-list" due to war materials production. After '41 when almost all automobile production stopped. Auto accessories like spotlight and fog lights, that were normally chrome plated, were now only painted."

With a further comment of: "the Darrin Victoria was Packards most expensive semi-production car. They all left the factory full of chrome unless a buyer specified otherwise."

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