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1934 Packard Twelve 1107 Convertible Sedan owned by James Harri from WA
Harry Hatch of Hiram Walker distillery in Canada. Front is 37 Packard chassis, rear is Rolls Royce body by Barker coach builder in England at a cost of over $23,000 Owner: Claude Ohanesian Highland Park, IL Image captured at 2019 Packard Automobile Club National Meet, Lafayette, Indiana 25-July-2019 1:03pm
Radiator cap adornment found on a early 1930's Packard. They call her the Goddess of Speed. Once, she graced the hoods of distinctive Packard automobiles. Wings back as if in flight, arms outstretched, she holds a disc, symbolic of a tire (no, not a donut). Designed by John D. Wilson, Packard’s Goddess of Speed was based on Nike, the divine charioteer of Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, Nike was a goddess who personified victory, also known as the Winged Goddess of Victory. The Roman equivalent was Victoria. Depending upon the time of various myths, she was described as the daughter of Pallas (Titan) and Styx (Water) and the sister of Kratos (Strength), Bia (Force), and Zelus (Zeal). Nike and her siblings were close companions of Zeus, the dominant deity of the Greek pantheon. According to classical (later) myth, Styx brought them to Zeus when the god was assembling allies for the Titan War against the older deities. Nike assumed the role of the divine charioteer, a role in which she often is portrayed in Classical Greek art. Nike flew around battlefields rewarding the victors with glory and fame. Nike is seen with wings in most statues and paintings. Most other winged deities in the Greek pantheon had shed their wings by Classical times. Nike is the goddess of strength, speed, and victory. Nike was a very close acquaintance of Athena, and is thought to have stood in Athena's outstretched hand in the statue of Athena located in the Parthenon. P7250989-edit-2.jpg
