Re: V8 Parts Guy from Duluth Minnesota area

Posted by Steve203 On 2014/8/6 9:39:53

Many pundits consider the 55-56 Packards styling warmed over and not up to the Forward Look Mopars and GM offerings.

The only models that, in my eye, come close to the 56 Packard are the 56 DeSoto and 56 Plymouth. A refresh it may be, but it's an excellent job.

the 56 senior cars look more determined not to let the old make fail. A little angry, a little more focused.

I put the 55-56 down as a swan song, along with the Avanti and Cord 810, where the company pulled out all the stops in one last gasp. Like the Avanti and Cord, produced with great difficulty, suffering mightily from inadequate development, but they stand as a statement of what could have been if management had woken up a few years earlier.