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

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2017/8/31 19:04:11

Lots of insights here, would like to address them one at a time starting with the red Packard. I recall Fred's limo sitting on the future Executive's wheelbase. Assuming this is correct and the front doors came from a coupe, which are about 9 inches longer than the sedan, then the rear doors would need to be 13 inches longer than sedan to grow the wheelbase from 127 inches to 149 inches. If all this is the case, here's the visual comparison between the cars. Fred's car would be 239.75 inches long and have enough room for auxiliary seats. My work-up would be 235.75 inches long and strictly a 2-row vehicle, with 8 more inches of rear legroom than the Patrician vs. 22 inches for Fred's car.

Yeah, one could argue that side facing jump seats might fit in my red car similar to 138 wb prewar cars, but I think the play for Packard was to avoid direct competition with Cadillac's 3-row Series 75 and instead carve out its own space catering to post-war chauffeured executives. Records show that Nance actually saw this space back in the day and had his team scope out a modified Patrician with Dictaphone, etc.

So, are the cars below nearly identical? To my eye no, which has been the point of my entire thread, which is all about proportions.

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