Re: Just bought a 1956 Patrician (newbie to Packard)
Posted by Dr.Stuart Schaller, PhD On 2007/12/22 9:37:12
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Welcome to the group. I have a 56 Patrician. You are lucky it did not come with the electric shift, which can be a stinker to repair. Stay with the radials, the handling is vastly superior. I've owned a lot of different cars, but the best handling I ever had was a 1965 Alfa-Romeo Sprint GT. Enjoy your Patrician. IMHO it was the finest production sedan in the world in 1956.
If my real intent was to get a BIG car, I would have rather gotten something like the HUGE Mercedes 300 Adenauer sedan, but they are 10 times the money I paid for the Packard! Part of the reason I bought the Packard is that it was the financial steal of the century, based on it's condition and the fact the seller threw in a $2200 tranny rebuild that was done just before I got the car. He didn't have to do it, but said the car was in perfect mechanical condition, and when I picked it up, the trans was slipping..
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