Re: 1953/4 Caribbean 4-door hardtop sedan exploration

Posted by JWL On 2020/4/19 12:20:50

Packard tried to do it all with its 1955 models: new V8 engine, newly engineered automatic transmission, revolutionary torsion level suspension system, and drastically restyled body. Any one of these new features would have been big news to any auto maker, but to have them all in one year was more than Packard's limited resources could accommodate. Add to this the relocation from EGB to the Conner plant and its a wonder they were able to pull it off at all. They were desperately trying to catch up after years of being behind the engineering and styling trends and deal with the Briggs cancellation. Good on them for giving it all they had. Heroic efforts that almost worked.