Re: PackardDon's 1956 Clipper Custom Sedan
Posted by Ross On 2020/3/30 6:09:29
That looks to be the standard 56 Clipper Custom / Executive style. The trim code only refers to the predominant materials in the seats for quick identification, not to everything that was in the interior. All of those cars had the heat sealed vinyl panel in the seatback to suggest individual cushions.
Late in the year when excrement was impinging the ventilator there were substitutions to use up old stock and save the expense of buying new. My customer's 56 Super has '55 400 fabric on the seat inserts instead of the painfully delicate stuff used earlier in the year. Later, '58 Studebakers came with a variety of leftover Packard fabrics. That makes good sense for a struggling firm. Here is a Champion with '55 Clipper super fabric. This is an unusual survivor with less than a thousand miles, built in south Bend and exported to New Zealand.
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Late in the year when excrement was impinging the ventilator there were substitutions to use up old stock and save the expense of buying new. My customer's 56 Super has '55 400 fabric on the seat inserts instead of the painfully delicate stuff used earlier in the year. Later, '58 Studebakers came with a variety of leftover Packard fabrics. That makes good sense for a struggling firm. Here is a Champion with '55 Clipper super fabric. This is an unusual survivor with less than a thousand miles, built in south Bend and exported to New Zealand.
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