I seriously doubt Packard was using nitrocellulose in the fifties. My guess is they used synthetic enamel like everyone else.
No car company could afford to use nitrocellulose lacquer in the fifties.
I believe the pyroxilin synthetic enamel was the standard finish before the acrylics (enamel and lacquer) came along in about 1955.
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