Poll: Which '58? (1/24/2025)

Oh yeah, the Starlight Hard top!

I’d go with the Starlight, less fishy.  🥴

No oil painting, these. I'll take the Starlight also. Its face is less objectionable.

I have no interest in either.  The noses just turn me off.

Agreed, John. Possibly the most desperately ugly attempt at a "facelift" ever seen on any car.

I voted a rare tie today.  These odd looking cars look much better in 1/43 scale IMHO, but nonetheless I find them intriguing from an automotive historical perspective.  I have the Esval Packard 58L HT and the GLM 1958 Packard Hawk and love having them both in the display cabinet.

From my perspective, the overall shape of these two Packards is okay, but the details get a little wonky.   The fiberglass nose created for the Hawk was not one of Duncan McRae's best efforts.  I think that the quad headlamps grafted on the Starlight Hardtop are hideous.   Nonetheless I feel a good measure of enjoyment on the rare occasions I see one of these cars in person. 

@dave_larsen I guess these design changes were a last ditch very inexpensive attempt at survival by a company on the verge of collapse.  Quite sad for the marque to end this way.

Posted by: @carsman1958

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I have no interest in either.  The noses just turn me off.

I agree!

Unlike most, I find that Packard Hawk rather attractive. The Starlight just looks too cluttered.

Neither are award winning IMO but the Starlight is less so.

A TIE for both being equally odd and frog looking.  I don't like either one of them.  

@georgeschire Well said George!

John! Like them or not, this is an amazing comparo! Well done and thought-provoking! I'll go for the Starlight, but I agree that it's a bit cluttered.