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Leeedy

Re: Packard Bikes

#211

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Leeedy wrote:
And nowwww... for something really different.

While you may have seen a much larger one of these made as a car accessory, I'm just betting that you haven't seen one of these little guys. We've shown you a few other types of Packard bicycle ornaments in earlier postings on this thread. However this bird ornament (clearly copied from Packard) is an accessory BICYCLE ornament.

Note the wire for electrical illumination at night. A small bulb is positioned under the base of the upturned wings to light them up beautifully. A buddy in Detroit had one of these mounted on his bicycle back in the 1940s-1950s.

Also note the size when compared to a Packard bicycle headbadge! Absolutely tiny. And about four times smaller than the car-sized accessory bird like it.

Pretty rare item today. Finding one of these with metal wings is very difficult. Finding one with illuminated plastic wings that are NOT broken is tougher still. But finding one NOS, illuminated and unbroken? As Tommy Lee Jones said in the movie...

The Packard Cormorant bicycle ornament you see here was originally known as a "Buglar" by its maker, in Illinois. You can find the original literature for this one in posting #21 of this Packard Bikes thread. Our exact ornament would have been called a "Buglar with short base." You can find longer bases on this same ornament listed as "tall base" (more ridges on the base) in posting #21.

Posted on: 11/18 20:25