New Autocult... including a Packard!

Love the Packard and the Tribelhorn looks interesting.

Randy,   Many thanks for the good pictures of the Packard.   I like Packards and have a fairly good representation of them in scale 1:43.   But this one I had never heard of.  So I looked it up (Hoorah for Google!) and found this on the AUTOPEDIA site:

The Packard Parisian is one of three Packard custom cars built by Carl Schneider and Peter Portugal of Eureka, California. The three vehicles were inspired by design study drawings that were done in the early 1950's by Packard, but were never put into production or even made into official dream cars. The Parisian is a European Grand Tourer that was originally penned by Pininfarina. Schneider discovered the renderings at the Paris Retromobile in the early 1990's and purchased them. Starting with a 1952 Packard 250 series Mayfair two-door hardtop, Schneider stretched the hood seven inches and used two sets of left and right quarter panels to create the tailfins. The quarter windows also do not roll down, because they are right above the rear wheel wells and there is no room for them to retract.

   So the model has a history, but a rather short one.  Right now I'm working on a 1/43 Muntz Jet.  In comparison with the Parisian, the Muntz was a massive success!  

    But thanks for the pictures.  It's a beaut!

            David H

I like the Deora ! 

Steve

Peter Portugal has done a number of very unique custom Packards.  I have seen this woody conversion and talked with Peter at the Palo Alto Concours where it took a prize a number of years ago.  Not surprising given the incredible quality of build.  Interestingly, he used a tailgate from a 1949-50 Plymouth or Dodge that contained the hidden spare tire.

And the one Autocult is doing.

@john-quilter I’ve seen that woody, too, at the ACD Festival. I was really confused at first, but I realized the owner was quite used to the looks. He just smiled and pointed to the sign he had sitting next to it.

I have the Packard and the Deora on order. The Parisian was also done in white metal about 10 years ago by Dale Dannefer.

After the Winfield Reactor and Deora, I wonder what's next. Cushenberry Silhouette perhaps? Or something created by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth?