Re: '57 Packard What-If based on Turnpike Cruiser
Posted by Mahoning63 On 2011/8/13 17:56:08
Am with you, none of these are really working. The bird's beak was unique but a risk especially with those supersized winglike headlight hoods that Studio was planning. Overall not an Edsel horse collar but maybe a giant bird of prey. Or... it may have worked fabulously once it reached production, who knows.
Here's a retry with Predictor grill pasted in. The meshed air inlets would need to have been inset quite a bit to downplay them. Maybe gold anodized too.
Also uploaded an update of the Chrysler theme, this time with the '30 radiator guard, Predictor motif shrunken to fit, and headlights moved inboard a bit and flipped horizontally. I like this look OK but maybe not for the boxy Turnpike Cruiser body. Might have worked better on the more rounded New Yorker-based idea that I posted recently. The '56 Patrician grill mesh might work better.
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Here's a retry with Predictor grill pasted in. The meshed air inlets would need to have been inset quite a bit to downplay them. Maybe gold anodized too.
Also uploaded an update of the Chrysler theme, this time with the '30 radiator guard, Predictor motif shrunken to fit, and headlights moved inboard a bit and flipped horizontally. I like this look OK but maybe not for the boxy Turnpike Cruiser body. Might have worked better on the more rounded New Yorker-based idea that I posted recently. The '56 Patrician grill mesh might work better.
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