Title1946 Packard Clipper sedan, three-quarter left front view, parked on drive
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectAutomobile industry and trade--History
SubjectAutomobiles--United States--History
Item NumberEB01e258
Type
image
Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1946 Packard three-quarter left front view. Inscribed on photo back: Packard archives indicate facelift for Clipper was originally planned for twenty-first series, by 1942 the heavier front end and hidden headlights had appeared on a front-end-only facelift, this evolved to a more streamlined hood with hidden headlamps by 1944, in 1945 artists retouched a photo of a production 1942 Clipper, using the proposed new lines, around the same time the more elaborate custom eight grille work was emerging, finally came the production prototypes, with completely altered fuselage and flow-through fenders.
