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I see in this illustration the Packard has Script hub caps.

Most of the 110's I see have the Model 110 hub caps.

Was there a standard for this year or were both available.

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There were a number of changes throughout the 1940 model run which is most notable on the 110 and possibly the 120. The wheel covers are one. The earlier type had the red hex in the center with a large Packard script running through it while the later ones were of the more traditional style with the red hex, then a black ring around it with Packard 110 printed twice in the ring.

Another difference is that early ones had squished bumper tips while later ones were flatter and yet a third difference was in the trunk emblem. Earlier ones had a chrome fleurs-de-lis while later ones had a little representation of a Packard grille with the crest on it.

As far as I can tell, these changes did not happen all at once and I've seen cars with various combinations but by now who knows if things were changed!

My primary 110 driver had the flat bumper ends but script wheel covers but it also had the fleurs-de-lis. I know, however, that it originally had the other emblem because I'm the one who replaced the trunk lid (I still have the old emblem) and I also put on NOS bumpers and wheel covers. I know my front bumper was originally the flat type and I bought a rear that matched but I have no idea about the wheel covers as it had none when I bought it.

In any event, sales literature, print ads and other brochures are NOT the way to determine authenticity as they are often airbrushed from previous years, or from the clay pre-production mock-up but never from the actual production vehicle as the brochures had to come out before the vehicles themselves.

One additional note is the non-model badge cars. I have seen several where the wheel covers with the ring simple had Packard rather than Packard 110 and the hood side emblems had only Packard rather than 110. Whether this was a dealer or factory option or not is something I don't know.

The late James Hollingsworth self-published a history of the 1940s in 2001, "Packard, 1940 A Pivotal Year."
It was soft cover, and ran 266 pages. Everything you would want to know about the 1940 models can be found here. From factory photographs to complete specifications, PMCC’s Trade Letters to advertising, running changes to a complete listing of all Packard dealers in 1940. This book is a “must” for restorations and fans of the Eighteenth Series. A revised addition appeared in 2005.

Thank you both, since I bought this from what came with the car and what I have obtained I have a set of Script and a set of 4 110 caps.

I will be getting my rims back from sandblasting this week and I am leaning towards putting the Script set on with new tires which I am reseaching now.

The daily learning about my 80 year old car continues. I have a lot more to learn about this car and my golf game.

When I bought my first 1940 110, it was a 25 or 26 year old car!