West Peterson Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) Any ideas what year this Packard radiator fits? Unfortunately, I didn't take measurements. Note the five-blade fan.Or,.... maybe not Packard at all. Doesn't look like Maxwell to me. Edited October 19, 2012 by West Peterson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Block Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 It looks cool, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 Says Briscoe Mfc. on the bottom of the back side. Perhaps that's why someone thought it was Maxwell and put the badge on it. The fan also looks like it has been Jerry-rigged onto the back. Packard shrouds were cast with the fan blade. This one appears to be sheet metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cben09 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Hi,,,Doesn't look like Packard to me,,,C,Schmidt used the Mors radiator silloette on the inside curves,,,that is the CORE outline and that continued til around 1926,,1905-6 Packard had the fan on the radiator,,,but somehow this doesn't look right,, and there arent many '06 Packards leftRod Bloods 24hp tourer had horozontal tubes in the "core"' like the "snake" tube of a Panhard-Levassor,,[before honeycomb]Rod also had a look alike radiator,,we ponderd over it many english muffins with no answer,,It was NOT Thomas either!Sorry this doesnt really help,,,but might put light on something,,Memories from 92 Prince st,aka the Bloodshed,,Cheers,,Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cben09 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 1907 had a 4 blade fan,,,,,I think???1907 did not have a rim [ Rods runabout ]1907,fan mounted on engine bracket1906 fan mounted to radiator,,all above had screw cap1908 had turn nob on capCheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 I'm pretty satisfied with an answer I got on the AACA "What is it?" threads: It appears to be an Elmore, which basically used Packard's design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aaron M. Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I think Elmore is correct.According to Beverly Rae Kimes in the Automobile Quarterly 17 #2 the Briscoe Manufacturing Company was the company started by Benjamin Briscoe in 1886 when he was 19 years old, initially producing sheet metal goods such as pails and sprinkling cans. In 1901 J.P. Morgan invested the sizeable sum of $100,000.00 in Briscoe's company, and 1902 he met Ransom Olds (founder of Olds Motor Works, bought in 1899 by S.L. Smith, and designer of the 1901 curved-dash Oldsmobile) and his engineer at the time Jonathan D. Maxwell (with whom he would later form Maxwell-Briscoe in 1904) and commenced the production of radiators and other automotive products for Olds Motor Works and other companies.Given the connection between Briscoe and Maxwell it's understandable why someone might have concluded that a Maxwell script belongs on the radiator.The following 1910 Briscoe Manufacturing Company ad gleaned from the internet gives an indication of the range of goods produced.[ATTACH=CONFIG]183783[/ATTACH]I hope this is of some help.Regards,Aaron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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