Re: ebony gold metallic
Posted by HH56 On 2015/1/5 10:37:32
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Now did this mean a Mayfair was taken and upgraded with a Patrician interior and exterior trim or did it literally mean the body was leanthened for the 127" wheelbase as well as painted a listed but apparently unobtainable paint? Either way, pictures or any recall by anyone seeing that car would definitly be interesting. Especially since Packard could have used that car for a '350' series for better showroom traffic and luxurious hardtop, especially if it was a stretched 250.
Interesting. It sounds like an intriguing color -- maybe gold or brass flakes in black lacquer -- and car but whether Packard would have made a different or second wheelbase hardtop is a good question. Reading Neal's book and all the indecisions on what to build and then cost cutting and rejiggering after they decided, I'm thinking it was a miracle any 51-2 hardtops even came out. Since it was mostly due to one mans insistence or stubbornness to even get a convertible (and the hardtop only because it could be built inexpensively off the same and help pay for that tooling) in production I would doubt they would have spent any more on more tooling for another model.
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