Re: Any History on the Last '54s?

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2013/1/6 22:02:13

I am not very good at identifying '54's, so I don't know for sure what model is identified in Kimes as the last Packard out of E. Grand. Someone with the book could probably fill us in. The build sheet is the final word, and the photo may have been of another car-- unless someone who was there could verify it.

However, the '54 Clipper is almost without a doubt the last car to go through the body drop, as it is obvious the tracks are being torn up behind it.

So, maybe they made a distinction between the last Packard and the last Clipper built at E. Grand, or perhaps it was a longer route from the body drop to final build for the Packards.

If the total number of '54 Clippers built is known, perhaps a check through the registry would find the last one.

Thanks for the documentation, EC, and setting me straight on the last car out of Detroit in '56, or the last "real" Packard, as a Patrician. I was kind of wondering if the story of the Caribbean was a long shot, since I don't believe these cars were even finished at the Packard plant, but had additional "hand assembly."

I have corrected my previous post, and looked up the source of my faulty recollection. Look at the two bottom pics-- the Last Caribbean, and the Last Packard. How the memory plays tricks... sorry for the error:

Click below, go to the Showroom, click on 1956 and scroll to the bottom of the photographs...http://www.packardclub.org/