Re: '55 or '56 body style

Posted by michael keller On 2010/3/2 8:00:54

To me, the '55 Packards and Clippers belong to the best facelifts of all time. Teague did a marvel when creating this design starting from the '54 (which is a slightly reworked '51).

The reason why I own a V8 Packard is simple: I love these cars for what they are. All of them.

The reason why I own an Executive Hardtop is simple, too: It has been the car of my (affordable) dreams for many years - and that's a matter of design. The Executive provides the only original possibility to combine the '56 front clip (superior to the '55 because of the wider-placed "dagmars", gold anodized mesh grille, and frenched headlights) with the smooth an beautiful junior's rear end.

This car will remain stock but if I wanted to improve the looks with other Packard parts I would go back to the '51-55 trunk lid (with '54-55 ornamentation on it), and add either '56 Clipper Custom side trim ('55 is a bit too close to the '55 Pontiac to me) or '55 senior (I like the "stop" in the mid of the car. It's unusual. Up front, it would get either a less streamlined Packard cormorant or a (smaller than the '30s) goddess of speed.