Re: Various CL Pickings

Posted by 58L8134 On 2014/10/26 8:26:00

Hi Bryan

I believe that '52 models in turquoise are correct, I've seen a couple of '51-'52 models in junkyards years ago in that color. Packard also offered it in the 23rd Series.

Of LWB models, whatever the make, once they hit the used car market: it was almost always a hard, workhorse life as a livery car. Here, one fellow who ran a small taxi company always had an older Cadillac 75 or two in service. He got his use out of them, they were pretty tired by the time they got parked.

To give you an idea how cheaply such Packards could be bought used, in a 1956 NADA Used Car Guide, a '53 Packard 8 passenger sedan average wholesale was $950 versus a Patrician sedan at $895. Not much more, but still enough for a car that would be hard to sell used.

Of course, by 1956, the rumors were rife, everyone knew that "Packard is going out of business".

Steve

P.S. Thanks Owen, for verifying my memory. Paint code "S" Patricians were probably rare, seems a color more popular for convertibles and Mayfair hardtops.