Packard Automobile

In addition to the three radiator ornaments which were reproduced for the Essex Terraplane, the Plymouth, and the Dodge automobiles, Avard T. Fairbanks also created two additional radiator ornament designs for a competition for the Packard automobile.  The Packard was a high-end luxury car at the time and was seeking to compete with Rolls Royce in Grace and Beauty.  This included new a radiator ornament to be equivalent to, or better than that of the Rolls Royce which had a winged, draped female. 

Two models were created by Avard T. Fairbanks, Ph.D., both winged female figures, one leaning forward, and the other leaning backward as in the Rolls Royce design. 

As it turned out, the competition for the radiator ornament was simply a publicity event, and an in-house design was chosen with a figure reaching out holding onto a wheel.  Although the Avard Fairbanks models were not accepted, they still exits and can be cast in bronze and chrome-plated and made available for purchase for historical auto enthusiasts.