Re: '57 Packard What-If based on Turnpike Cruiser
Posted by Mahoning63 On 2011/8/13 13:08:31
Appreciate the comments.
HH56 - agree fully with your comments about the protruding grill, that's why I kept it more flush. The Schmidt team's design resulted in a bird's beak look, although I am always hesitant to judge without seeing in the flesh. Those guys were around the design 24/7 so they either felt it was OK or they lost their perspective in the fog of design.
I understand what you are getting at with the lights. Take a look at these work-ups. The lights are so close there is not much leeway to tinker.
First is the Turnpike Cruiser. I made life easy by copying the right side of the car to the left but it's fairly representational nonetheless.
Second is a conventional late-50s headlight layout with a Packard-shaped grill opening. I think this sort of baseline starting point should have been kept in mind by the design team. Not the my work-up is any good but the point is that Packard did best when they stuck with the norms of the day and executed flawlessly. Take the 30s tall grill with flanking headlights. Almost everyone took this approach. Packard did it best.
Third is the vertical grill motif as applied to the Turnpike Cruiser side images that I had created. Air cooling inlets were essential but I wanted to get away from the wrap around foil on the 57/58 proposal, which in the front appears to have served as vents. Instead I chose a mesh from a 1930 Packard grill shield, which always looked classy and distinctive. Thought it might have conjured up images of yore.
Forth is same as third but with hidden lights. Work-ups like this really help understand design challenges. In this case it is pretty clear that the headlight windows would have needed to be fairly large.
More thoughts? Any good vibes up front?
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HH56 - agree fully with your comments about the protruding grill, that's why I kept it more flush. The Schmidt team's design resulted in a bird's beak look, although I am always hesitant to judge without seeing in the flesh. Those guys were around the design 24/7 so they either felt it was OK or they lost their perspective in the fog of design.
I understand what you are getting at with the lights. Take a look at these work-ups. The lights are so close there is not much leeway to tinker.
First is the Turnpike Cruiser. I made life easy by copying the right side of the car to the left but it's fairly representational nonetheless.
Second is a conventional late-50s headlight layout with a Packard-shaped grill opening. I think this sort of baseline starting point should have been kept in mind by the design team. Not the my work-up is any good but the point is that Packard did best when they stuck with the norms of the day and executed flawlessly. Take the 30s tall grill with flanking headlights. Almost everyone took this approach. Packard did it best.
Third is the vertical grill motif as applied to the Turnpike Cruiser side images that I had created. Air cooling inlets were essential but I wanted to get away from the wrap around foil on the 57/58 proposal, which in the front appears to have served as vents. Instead I chose a mesh from a 1930 Packard grill shield, which always looked classy and distinctive. Thought it might have conjured up images of yore.
Forth is same as third but with hidden lights. Work-ups like this really help understand design challenges. In this case it is pretty clear that the headlight windows would have needed to be fairly large.
More thoughts? Any good vibes up front?
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