Trademark logo on Packard spark plug wires for C2

[Gary B.]

^ndrd, 4^thand 5^th

[Gary B.]

Re: Trademark logo on Packard spark plug wires for C2

PS. Maybe the logo in the 2nd photo above is a stylized lightning bolt in the eyes of some graphic designer?

[Dick W.]

Re: Trademark logo on Packard spark plug wires for C2

Maybe someone has the photos that Bill Clupper had of original wires. Working for Packard he should have known what was right

[Gary B.]

Re: Trademark logo on Packard spark plug wires for C2

Dick,

Thanks for the lead. Any idea of to follow-up?

I just found some Packard wires on the Lectric Limited website with a 30 deg angle boot on the spark plug end and those wires have an obvious lightning bolt symbol. They have a '64 date code and I don't know if they are for Corvette or not. The logo on their Corvette wires with a '72 date code is an oval with some sort of 3 legged icon inside, but not obviously a lightning bolt.

Gary


Gary

[Dick W.]

Re: Trademark logo on Packard spark plug wires for C2

Dick,

Thanks for the lead. Any idea of to follow-up?

I just found some Packard wires on the Lectric Limited website with a 30 deg angle boot on the spark plug end and those wires have an obvious lightning bolt symbol. They have a '64 date code and I don't know if they are for Corvette or not. The logo on their Corvette wires with a '72 date code is an oval with some sort of 3 legged icon inside, but not obviously a lightning bolt.

Gary


Gary

Gary I will see if I still have those photos (most likely don't) and if I do find them I will post for all to see

[Gary B.]

Re: Trademark logo on Packard spark plug wires for C2

Thanks Dick. It would be nice to post the photos for preservation.

Gary

[Richard M.]

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Photos courtesy of Rich Mauser.

[Gary B.]

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Rich,

Are the wires in those photos original GM wires? Or LL repro wires?

The logo in photo #3 is more blog than anything recognizable. It's also interesting how vertically smeared the ink stamping is, with lots of ghosting.

It appears that the stamped text changed during the C2 years, since what is shown in the photos does not correspond with the description in the '66 TIM&JG,

Gary

[Richard M.]

Re: Trademark logo on Packard spark plug wires for C2

Gary, He said they're original in excellent condition, not repros.

Rich

[Gary B.]

Re: Trademark logo on Packard spark plug wires for C2

Rich,

That's great photo documentation of original wires. I assume the blob logo is duplicated by Lectric Limited.


The wire with the "4 - Q - 65" date code must be for an early MY '66. It's interesting that the text in the photo is not consistent with the text given in the latest edition of the 66 TIM&JG.

Gary