Re: What would a traditional Packard "Senior" have looked like in 1951?

Posted by Ross On 2017/8/2 6:04:21

Would just point out that the bathtub Nashes gave Nash the best years of their life, saleswise. They are also very nice to drive, especially the Ambassadors.


There are Nash sales training films on Youtube that make no bones that the V8 Nashes were hard for the salesmen to sell because of the high price. Not to mention that '52 body was pretty hard to disguise, more so than Packard's countour. I am sure they would have also loved to have a new body for 55 but the economics probably were not there.


I am at a loss with this fascination with incredible hood length and increased wheel to door measurement. Cars at that size become so unwieldy to drive and park. Increased overhang just means much more inelegant scraping while entering typical driveways. The vast bulk of sales go to people who do not have circle drives. By the way, Caddies at that time had a relatively short hood.

I have spent some time driving around in cars with early Hydramatics and I comprehend FULLY why Packard did their own transmission. Whether in a Caddy, a Kaiser or a Nash, they always seem to be in the wrong gear while negotiating the hills and curves in the country and my best efforts with shop manual in hand fails to produce a less than jarring shift quality. Yes, they do take off with a rush, and they seem to be durable, but otherwise I find them annoying as all getout to drive.