Let the ride decide wrote:
I didn't realize the executive used a 2 barrel carburetor

Looks like it has a dual action fuel pump, and the brake fluid reservoir on the firewall. It looks like it had factory seatbelts too.

The hotrodders will buy this car for the tail lights and throw the rest away.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Packard-Executive-Base-1956-packard-executive-base-5-8-l-/221518441457?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3393872bf1&item=221518441457&pt=US_Cars_Trucks[/quote]

The 2 barrel and the dual action pump were not stock Packard even on the small 320 Clippers in 55. I wonder if a Hash engine transplant found its way into the car.

The brake fluid setup looks aftermarket -- or at least the jar is larger than the Packard option so might have been replaced.

Seat belt mounting holes in door look correct but storing brackets look kind of crude to be factory. Packard didn't seem to work very hard on that belt setup so maybe they are original and just beat up. I would hope the brackets would have had more rounded corners than those appear to have and been chromed originally.