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I know this is still a little off topic still... but looking at my Packard being 1952.... with 5 chicks, and after the 49 model, being the 50th anniversary, are 49 and on with 5 chicks and 48 and before 4 chicks... maybe a little detail Packard did for the 50th and on??

Just some more food for thought...

Sharp eye Craig!

I'm also working on a simpler B/W EPS line drawing of the more recent 5-chick version as found on the earlier '50s owner's manuals but I had noticed before that the number of chicks seems to change.

For example, the 1940 110 owner's manual has four while the 22nd series manual has five, then it's back to four again for the 1949 2nd series manuals. The 1949 23rd series has 5-chicks and so do the '51, '52 and '53 owner's manuals. I don't seem to have a '54 owner's manual but the sales literature for 1954 is back to only four chicks. I do not have my actual cars here to check what they have.

I would suspect that the less-mean looking bird was used on emblems because it was easier to manufacturer, at least on the later plastic versions.