Re: First Production 1955 Patrician

Posted by JWL On 2014/7/8 9:17:52

The Patrician is still at Classic Street in Taylor, Texas. There was an article in the June PAC Cormorant about the Texas Packard Meet in Salado that incorrectly placed the Patrician at another restoration shop in Taylor.

Can't answer your first two questions without speculating. I did give a CD of all the photos I took of the Patrician to the head of the National Packard Museum.

5582-1001 is the first production Patrician. Other models would have sequence numbers denoting their place in the production order (e.g., my '55 Clipper Super Sedan is 5542-4985).

As far as I know no further research has been done on the ownership history of the Patrician. One poster here did some research when all the activity on the car was taking place last spring. I believe he traced it back to Del Rio, Texas. It probably has spent its life in Texas. Maybe he will share what he learned.

As of last week the Patrician was still for sale. This Patrician deserves to be restored. There are many ongoing restoration projects that are being done on Packards that are in far worse shape than this one.

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