HH56 wrote:
If you go by other styling and mechanical cues that designated a junior or senior model, IMO while they did upgrade some items to bring them closer to senior, they would still be more like juniors because they had the 5 main engine and vertical tail lights used on the other junior models.

It wasn't until 54 that Packard went all out to make those models senior. Even though still crippled with the short wheelbase, they gave them the largest engine available, grafted on chrome pieces so they could accept the horizontal tail lights long used on the senior models and the same dash as used on the Patricians.