55PackardGuy wrote:
The deck lid would be a different stamping, squared off in the rear, following a curved horizontal across the back that flattens at each end (reprising the elongated Packard style grille on the front.

Keep the cathedral tail lights, but surround them with a tasteful 1/2" chrome strip around the outer edge (visible from the side) and shape the chrome to give a peaked hood ending in a point over the light. This would give the illusion of a longer rear fender with a more sleek look.

The bumpers could both be re-worked, de-emphasizing the dagmars in the front by using a smaller, oval shape terminating in a flattened black rubber bumperette. The rear bumper would need to be more squared-off to match the look of the trunk, and the exhaust ports would look very nice if they were louvred and rectangular rather than the round, open look.