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[Closed] Packard Balboa, a concept of 1953 (pic)

Guest · 2020-07-09T17:58:23Z

Packard Balboa, a concept of 1953 (pic)photo no longer available In 1953 Packard's director of styling, Richard Teague, took a stock Packard Caribbean and turned it into the Balboa-X. It still exists, as shown here. The rear window had a reverse-slope and could be lowered for draft-free ventilation and a rear view without optical distortion. Further, the rear shelf was omitted for reasons of safety (loose articles in case of an accident), a modern attempt at the time. The Packard Predictor show car of 1956 also featured an opening, reverse angled rear window. Some years later, Mercury stuck on the idea and offered some models with a similar rear window treatment. And here it is in 1:43 scale-photo no longer availablephoto no longer available

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