Re: IMHO, the 1950s Packard designs have held up well...

Posted by HH56 On 2008/10/28 22:39:51

Agree. My favorite of that 51-4 era was the 54 Pacific. IMHO just the right amount of chrome and positioned just right to minimize the "high pockets" and shorter wheelbase.

Good point about the movies. I don't remember seeing many Packards but that could also be due to the fact there were vast numbers of Fords and Chevys and everything else compared to the few P's produced. Wonder if mfgs had to pay for product placement back then, or Packard just didn't want to give the cars away--which sounds like what they'd do after reading about the way they were treated.. Do remember a Clipper in an episode of Superman. Came tearing down the road bouncing, and came to a screeching stop (literally, brakes squealed at end of stop).