Re: Is it just me, or are there a fair number of '57-'58 Packards out there?

Posted by BigKev On 2008/12/6 17:17:09

I like to use the phrase "1956 was the last Detroit built Packard".

While the Southbend cars are Packards by name, they dont share really any of the parts of drivetrain of the their Detroit older brothers. So as far as repair and service information goes, the Studebaker manuals provide more help to those owners then any of the previous years Detroit Packard manuals or service information articles.

I am glad we are starting to get more content for the 57-58 owners. We have a few articles in the 57-58 section. But we are lacking in the service manual department for those owners.

Personally, I would be interested in tracking down one of the "Packard" badged Studebaker pickups that was sold by some of the South American dealers. I think that would be and interesting shop truck to have. Or at least the badging and any picture to convert a Stude pickup to the "Packard" badged version.