Re: Packard Merlin Engine V-1560

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2012/1/16 0:44:02

This is pure speculation on my part. But is it possible Packard made the senior bodies and bought the junior bodies from Briggs?

I base this idea on the fact that Packard had their own body production facilities from early on, but they made the traditional metal bodies with wood framing. When the industry went to all metal bodies this required a completely different plant, with a lot more expensive stamping and metal working machinery.

Is it possible they made their own wood framed bodies but bought the all steel bodies from Briggs? When they phased out the traditional senior cars was that the end of the wood framed body and the beginning of all their cars using the all steel Clipper body?

Didn't the first 110 and 120 bodies use wood framing? When did they phase out the wood framed body?