Re: Packard - Bentley/RR Similarity
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You've brought up a topic that has interested me ever since I noticed the family resemblance, Mark.
I find the similarities between '42-48 Clippers and RR/Bentley Ghosts (I forget what the Bentley equivalent of the Silver Ghost is called...) of the 50's and 60's to be more than just a coincidence. I've never compared specs or seen both vehicles parked side by side, but that would show the similarities even more, I'm thinking.
Posted on: 2014/10/9 12:54
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The best time for a discussion like that is right after you overhauled the slipper clutch, rebuilt the brake servo, and cleaned the crankshaft oil passages in the RR&B car.
Some people mistook a Ford Granada for a Mercedes, too. Maybe Briggs and Pressed Steel Company had a relationship. Bernie
Posted on: 2014/10/10 9:16
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RR policy was not to invent or pioneer anything, but to copy the best features of other cars.
They did not make any secret of this. I don't doubt they got all the available information on the Packard suspension as soon as it came out, with plans to copy the best available suspension after they had tested all others, and after it had proven itself in service for a few years.
Posted on: 2014/10/10 20:13
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What a coincidence!
Was just looking through some Packard documents and came across a March 1985 issue of "Car Collector" magazine and on page 40 there is an article titled "Packard's Purloined Parallelograms" or "The Strange Case of the Stolen Safe-T-Flex." The author is Maurice Hendry and he writes: "Anyone who studies the two suspensions is struck by the obvious similarities, and Rolls and Bentley engineers referred to it as 'our Packard suspension' (from F.J. Hardy senior development engineer), and, 'the Mark V and VI suspension based on Packard'(from Donald Bastow, R-R suspension designer.)" Sounds as if he got it from two, direct sources.
Posted on: 2014/10/14 19:39
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I just grabbed a copy on Ebay for six bucks. The similarities are sure there in a lot of areas. And I do like the styling touches shared with the Silver Cloud and S series Bentley.
These references are nice if any more show up. Bernie
Posted on: 2014/10/15 12:48
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