Re: Does this station wagon still exist?

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2013/2/25 23:02:15

I believe Packard did good business on their 1949 and 1950 station wagons. Very cleverly, they based them on their sedans and used as many sedan parts as possible. Most of the new parts were made of wood which is cheaper to tool up than steel.

So yes, there was a lot of hand work but the cost of adding a station wagon to the line was minimal. They sold for a premium price, station wagons were the most expensive body style in any car maker's line. So I believe they made a profit. And the station wagon was a great prestige car. In those days they were associated with the country club set, the yachting set, and the upper crust generally.

Why didn't Packard make a similar wagon based on the 51 and up junior line? The fifties were the great boom years for the station wagon and it puzzles me that Packard dropped them just when they were becoming popular.